Jacob OglesJanuary 21, 2022
5min0
'For the congressional map it requires my signature.'
Tag: gerrymandering
Jacob OglesJanuary 21, 2022
Associated PressJanuary 19, 2022
9min0
The elections bill would create national automatic voter registration, allow all voters to cast ballots by mail and weaken voter ID laws.
Guest AuthorNovember 16, 2021
6min777
Fair representation is foundational to our democracy.
Jacob OglesOctober 20, 2021
5min1606
Should inmates be counted as constituents at their last address or their cell?
Anne GeggisSeptember 17, 2021
5min1598
Voters would give up their party's advantage for more fairness, the survey found.
Associated PressFebruary 16, 2021
11min743
Whoever controls the map-drawing wields enormous power over the U.S. political system.
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 6, 2019
5min328
Districts are re-drawn every ten years.
Danny McAuliffeFebruary 14, 2018
8min1187
Frustration over the American political process has brought together strange bedfellows: two former Florida congressmen of competing parties. David Jolly, a Republican, and Patrick Murphy, a Democrat, left office in 2017. They’ve since embarked on a tour, titled “Why Gridlock Rules Washington,” to share their less-than-ideal experiences in the nation’s capital. And the duo doesn’t […]
Darryl PaulsonJanuary 30, 2018
5min326
We know Florida has the third largest population of the 50 states, which means it has the third largest congressional delegation. Its 27 members are split 16 to 11 in favor of Republicans, even though Republicans amount to 35 percent of the electorate. Democrats are 38 percent of the Florida electorate, but their support is […]
Darryl PaulsonOctober 5, 2017
7min331
The term gerrymandering was coined over 200 years ago. On March 26, 1812, the Boston Gazette first used the term in describing the redrawing of a Massachusetts state senate district. Gov. Elbridge Gerry, a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, said the district resembled a salamander. Gerry’s name was linked to the last part of salamander, […]