The establishment and use of independent commissions to draw electoral district maps, aiming to reduce partisan influence.
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“The rules for how congressional district maps are drawn should ensure fair representation and prevent politicians from rigging the process”
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“States should redraw U.S. House district maps only once after each census, unless a court orders a fix for an illegal map.”
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“Independent commissions should draw U.S. House district maps instead of letting elected lawmakers control the lines themselves.”
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A Yale field experiment found legislators shown actual district opinion shifted their votes to match it. The ones kept in the dark? No relationship between constituent views and how they voted.
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