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Georgia State Capitol on mostly sunny day

Government & Politics, State Government June 16, 2026

‘Prepared for the worst’: Black lawmakers brace for losses as Georgia GOP eyes new political maps

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] June 16, 2026 What’s supposed to be a once-a-decade event is about to happen…

Government & Politics, State Government June 12, 2026

Georgia lawmakers plan to redraw district lines, even as dispute over current maps remains unsettled

by Maya Homan, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] June 12, 2026 Georgia is just days away from the start of another special…

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Government & Politics, National Government May 1, 2026

Gerrymandering is unpopular with Florida voters – my recent survey shows why DeSantis pushed it through anyway

by Daniel A. Smith, University of Florida, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Sunshine State has joined Texas, California and a handful of other states…

Government & Politics, State Government December 23, 2025

As Supreme Court pulls back on gerrymandering, state courts may decide fate of maps

by Jonathan Shorman, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] December 22, 2025 After Missouri lawmakers passed a gerrymandered congressional map this fall, opponents…

An unbalance see-saw, with two people on one side and one person on the other

Government & Politics August 25, 2025

Tit-for-tat gerrymandering wars won’t end soon – what happens in Texas and California doesn’t stay there

by Gibbs Knotts, Coastal Carolina University and Christopher A. Cooper, Western Carolina University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Congressional redistricting – the process of drawing…

Elections February 23, 2024

How politicians can draw fairer election districts − the same way parents make kids fairly split a piece of cake

by Benjamin Schneer, Harvard Kennedy School; Kevin DeLuca, Yale University, and Maxwell Palmer, Boston University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Redistricting – the process of…

A scale shaped like a pencil with uneven weights

Opinion January 30, 2024

Opinion: Georgia Youth Justice Coalition (GYJC) statement on Cobb school board maps

The Georgia Youth Justice Coalition (GYJC) issued the following statement concerning the Cobb County School District board maps: The Georgia House has pushed through a redrawn Cobb County School District…

Opinion January 5, 2024

Solutions To Gerrymandering Where Must We Draw The Line

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College It is said that with a republic, the people pick the representatives. Yet with gerrymandering, we find that the representatives…

Scales of Justice with the word justice over it.

Education December 14, 2023

Federal judge in redistricting lawsuit rules Cobb schools’ map must be redrawn

by Rebecca Gaunt United States District Judge Eleanor Ross of the Northern Court of Georgia ruled Thursday that the Cobb County School District school board map must be redrawn by…

A graphic of a see-saw with two people on one side and one on the other

Opinion October 27, 2023

Gerrymandering, Or Georgiamandering?

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College US District Court Judge Steve Jones wrote that the district maps, drawing by GOP politicians after the last census, violate…

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