If democracy is the final destination, a reapportionment plan could be described as the roadmap that gets people there. Reapportionment determines the geographic districts that are represented in the ...

Legislative map-drawing is a job for politicians, not judges, the state Supreme Court said Tuesday in explaining its decision to uphold the state’s new reapportionment plan. The 46-page decision ...

Following every census, legislative districts are redrawn to reflect population changes, preserving the idea of “equal representation.” Districts are currently being drawn for state legislative ...

On U.S. and Hawaii constitutional grounds guaranteeing "one man/one vote" equity in representation, I encourage all Hawaii Island residents — and all neighbor islanders — to speak out now against the ...

Regardless of party affiliation or whether you’re a state or federal lawmaker, reapportionment and redistricting can be frustrating. States redraw political district lines every 10 years after each ...

State lawmakers left Harrisburg for the summer last week, but the advocates who clamored unsuccessfully for legislative changes say they aren’t giving up. Two of the most vocal groups — the ...

The immediate reaction to Monday’s census data was to call it a win for Republicans. After all, congressional reapportionment showed a net movement of 3 seats from Democratic to Republican states. But ...

A former state auditor has been appointed to help Democratic and Republican leaders reach agreement on the state’s new boundary lines for Connecticut’s 187 General Assembly seats and five ...

Recently released census data does not support an eighth seat in the state House for Hawaii Island, the state Reapportionment Commission was told Thursday. Once the allocation of legislative seats is ...

At least some Pennsylvania voters will end up voting for a state representative or senator in November who will cease to represent them sometime after the election. The fate of a second stab at a 2011 ...