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Regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on two two big cases this month, anti-gerrymandering action at the state level is well underway

For those who are tired of hearing that 13 Russians controlled the 2016 elections, here is an article about one of the problems we face electorally.

A Pennsylvania ruling will have an impact on who controls the House of Representatives next year. A Florida ballot initiative could make it more difficult for Trump to win Florida in 2020.

The ruling was the first time that a federal court had blocked a congressional map because the judges believed it to be a partisan gerrymander.

Republicans’ hold on Congress and statehouses could be more vulnerable than once thought.

We tested the theory — which has been put forward by both Democrats and Republicans.

With Gill v. Whitford, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken the most important case in decades dealing with how Americans are represented in Congress and state legislatures.

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With algorithms in hand, scientists are looking to make elections in the United States more representative.

To gauge where this type of gerrymandering is taking place and its magnitude, this report used election results [from 2012, 2014, and 2016] in states with six or more congressional districts to assess the extent and the durability of “partisan bias” — the degree of systematic advantage one party receives over another in turning votes into seats . . . It also looked at the relationship between the body that drew the maps and the degree of bias observed.