Gerrymandering/Redistricting

Ratf**ked reveals a broken American election system. It is one that is far from the ideal of a well-functioning democracy in which leaders promote policies they assert will broadly and wisely benefit our entire citizenry with the goal of persuading as many citizens as possible to vote for them.

Common Cause condemns Senate confirmation of Senator Jeff Sessions as U.S. Attorney General.

Redistricting Reform: Mapping Our Future

A federal court in Wisconsin ruled today that state lawmakers must submit a new map of assembly districts by Nov. 1.

A national movement for democracy reform is growing, even if largely missed in the media

Voters have more major party choices in congressional and state legislative races this year where citizen redistricting commissions drew districts following the 2010 census compared to states where legislators drew boundaries, according to a new report Common Cause released today.