redistricting

The Florida Supreme Court is telling Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis it will not answer his question on whether a Black congressman’s district is unconstitutional

The Senate Reapportion Committee approved a new Florida congressional map Thursday with no discussion or debate. Only one committee member, Democratic Sen. Audrey Gibson, voted against the plan, which adds a new 28th district in central Florida which should favor Republicans. With nearly all Democrats on the committee voting for the map, it’s a sign that the plan meets...

The new political maps are likely to accelerate the demise of competitive elections, a warning sign for the health of democracy, according to experts.

The Department of Justice is suing Texas over new redistricting maps approved by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott this fall, saying the plans discriminate against voters in the state’s booming Latino and Black populations.

At least seven House Democrats, compared with three Republicans, will not run for reelection in the 2022 midterms.

New commissions approved by voters to reduce partisan gamesmanship in redistricting are instead splitting along partisan lines in some states.

Democrats are wondering if they erred in pushing too hard in some states for a nonpartisan redistricting process.

Redistricting is taking place without previous federal protections, and voters of color could lose out even as Census data shows the U.S. is now more diverse.

The big takeaway from the first U.S. Census numbers is that Florida — like the rest of the country — is growing and becoming more diverse. NBC 6’s Phil Prazan reports

The Census Bureau has issued its most detailed portrait yet of how the U.S. has changed over the past decade

An Associated Press analysis shows that Republicans have benefited from the biggest political advantage in decades because of potential gerrymandering in U.S. House districts and state legislative boundaries

A Republican advocacy group is withdrawing its request for a court order seeking the immediate release of Census Bureau records

You’ve probably heard of gerrymandering, the term for when politicians redraw political districts to either consolidate power — or break up their opponents’ supporters. But you probably don’t know that it dates back to the earliest years of the country and was named after a district that looked like a salamander. And you also may not know how it directly...

The U.S. Census Bureau on Monday released state population totals that determine the number of House seats each state gets out of 435. According to the data, southern states grew the fastest, with a 10.2% overall increase in population.

Texas Republicans are rolling out a slew of restrictive election bills, taking particular aim at early voting after Democrats enthusiastically embraced the practice last year

States across the South are the center of the upcoming, once-a-decade redistricting battle

As the once-a-decade redistricting conflicts heat up across the country, both Republicans and Democrats are wrestling with how far to press their advantage in a process as consequential as any election.

The 2020 U.S. Census is required for anyone living in the United States, but there are billions of reasons you’d want to take it: lawmakers use census data to divvy up money for important resources like hospitals, fire stations and roads. Lawmakers will rely on this year’s census data until 2030, so now’s your chance to make sure your household...

Florida’s biggest story of 2014 was one of its latest. President Barack Obama’s mid-December move to normalize relations with Cuba beat Gov. Rick Scott’s re-election in an Associated Press poll of the state’s newspaper editors.

The Florida Supreme Court is unsealing additional documents related to ongoing lawsuits challenging how legislators drew legislative and congressional districts.