by Simi Socks | Apr 28, 2026 | University of Houston
Gerrymandering is a word well known to most with even a passing interest in politics, but to many who don’t pay attention, it’s a word they’ve just recently started hearing. Gerrymandering is the process by which elected officials are able to engineer their own...
by Connor Parrott | Mar 30, 2026 | University of Houston
Introduction Gerrymandering is the practice of drawing electoral maps to favor one political party over another. When redrawing maps, the party in power will use two strategies: packing and cracking. Packing is when a party tries to fit in as many of their likely...
by simmons.815@osu.edu | Oct 14, 2024 | Ohio State University
The League of Women Voters of Northern Portage County (LWVNPC), a small, hyperlocal voting rights and civic engagement group, operates at the edge of the Cleveland suburbs, where cul-de-sacs bleed into corn fields and asphalt turns to tar-and-chip. This intersection...
by lottig.4@osu.edu | Oct 11, 2024 | Ohio State University
Issue One will be on the ballot this November for Ohioans. I spoke to Catey Wolfe, the Campaign Manager for Representative Beryl Brown Piccolantonio, about the importance of ending partisan gerrymandering in Ohio. Since August, I have had the honor to intern on the...
by sapp.140@osu.edu | Oct 10, 2024 | Ohio State University
In the heart of a pivotal election season, I had the opportunity to attend a redistricting reform meeting hosted by Common Cause Ohio. With the stakes at an all-time high—especially concerning Issue 1 on the ballot this November—the meeting drew a diverse crowd of...
