The Brennan Center looks at how competition differed in the 2022 elections when legislators drew districts as opposed to citizen redistricting commissions.
Montana State Sen. Shane Morigeau has filed a bill to end prison gerrymandering in the state at the request of the bipartisan Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission. The bill would require people imprisoned in Montana to be counted for redistricting purposes at their last known pre-incarceration address instead of in the prison’s location.
The Michigan State Senate approved funding for the state’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission. The effort to ensure that the legislature abides by its constitutional responsibility to fund the commission now moves to the Michigan House.
Ohio experts predict little improvement regarding the state’s redistricting mess until politicians are removed from the process.