Computers hold the potential to draw legislative districts in a neutral way. Existing
approaches to automated redistricting may introduce bias and encounter difficulties when …

State legislatures are tasked with drawing state and federal districts and administering
election law, among many other responsibilities. Yet state legislatures are themselves …

Many political advocacy groups, journalists, and scholars view redistricting as a major force
to insulate legislative incumbents from electoral defeat. Motivated by this concern, reformers …

Partisan gerrymandering poses a threat to democracy. Moreover, the complexity of the
districting task may exceed human capacities. One potential solution is using computational …

Recent research has leveraged computer simulations to identify the effect of gerrymandering
on partisan bias in US legislatures. As a result of this method, researchers are able to …

In October 2017, the Supreme Court heard an appeal of a November 2016 ruling striking
down Wisconsin's State Assembly districts as a Republican gerrymander that illegally dilutes …

Relative to its overall statewide support, the Republican Party has been over-represented in
congressional delegations and state legislatures over the last decade in a number of US …

A well-developed body of research offers ways to measure the partisan advantages that
result from legislative districting. Although useful to researchers and legal practitioners …

The size of the House of Representatives has remained fixed at 435 members for more than
a century. A static House stands in contrast to the vision of the framers of the Constitution …

Political redistricting is periodically necessary to maintain and promote democracy with
population growth and migration. The United States constitution establishes majority rule for …