gerrymandering

photo of two people standing side by side to fill out their ballots at separate voting booths

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June 17, 2024

One Clear Path to Fair Elections: Change How We Elect Our Representatives

Christopher Williams
Research Director

We the people sign outside US Capitol

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March 11, 2024

US Elections Aren’t as Free and Fair as They Should Be. Here’s How Science Can Help

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

Los Angeles City Hall, an imposing art deco-style building, surrounded by blue skies and palm trees.

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July 13, 2023

Angelenos Could Lead the Nation in Strengthening Democracy

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

Four preschoolers of different races/ethnicities sit in a school holding their hands up as though they're reciting a song or lesson

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May 17, 2023

On Brown v Board of Education Anniversary, School Segregation, Gerrymandering Persist

Sophia Marjanovic
Former Contributor

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October 24, 2022

Election Science on Trial: Will the US Supreme Court Further Undermine the Voting Rights Act?

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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March 25, 2022

Supreme Court Ruling on Redistricting Targets Voting Rights Act

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

a purple yard sign stuck into some grass reads, "this time Wisconsin deserves fair maps"

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August 3, 2021

How the Science Perspective Can Help Us Understand What the 2020 Census Means for Fair Representation

UCS Science Network

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July 1, 2019

The Supreme Court’s Partisan Gerrymandering Decision is Justice Scalia’s Last Laugh

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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May 31, 2019

Court Records Reveal Plan to Use Census for Racial Discrimination

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

March 28, 2019

Equality, More or Less: How the Supreme Court Might Fix Gerrymandering

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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November 26, 2018

The 2018 House Elections May be Historic Enough to End the Redistricting Wars

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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October 4, 2018

Electoral Reform Update: One State at a Time

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

September 27, 2018

Environmental Justice Requires Electoral Reform: New Analysis

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

The Roberts Court, June 1, 2017. Seated, from left to right: Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Clarence Thomas and Stephen G. Breyer. Standing, from left to right: Justices Eleana Kagan, Samuel A. Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, and Neil M. Gorsuch. Photograph by Franz Jantzen, Supreme Court Curator's Office.

May 25, 2018

Did My Tea Leaves Reveal the Supreme Court’s Upcoming Gerrymandering Ruling?

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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February 22, 2018

The Science of Voting Rights + An Interview with Matt Dunlap

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

February 21, 2018

Pennsylvania’s New Congressional Map is Fair, But Reveals Fundamental Tradeoffs in Institutional Choice

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

January 26, 2018

Science and the Law: Two Pillars of Truth Intersect at Political Boundaries

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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October 2, 2017

Can Science (and The Supreme Court) End Partisan Gerrymandering and Save the Republic? Three Scenarios

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow