REDISTRICTING CAUSES SPARKS REGARDLESS OF PROCESS

Jason White
Staff Writer Stateline.org
August 15, 2001

REDISTRICTING: With ten years of state and congressional political control hanging in the balance, redistricting is often rife with power struggles and partisanship. But over the past few decades, many states have tried to get the partisanship out of the process by enacting various guidelines, from employing independent mapmakers to giving the courts a say.