To prohibit States from carrying out Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Prohibits a State from redrawing congressional districts again after a decennial apportionment until the next apportionment, except in narrow court-, Voting Rights Act-, or referendum-driven circumstances.
Who Benefits and How
Voters and election administrators could get more stable congressional district lines between censuses and less mid-decade map churn.
Who Bears the Burden and How
States and political actors seeking mid-decade congressional redistricting would lose flexibility except in the listed exception cases.
Key Provisions
- Bars States from conducting a second round of congressional redistricting after an apportionment until the next apportionment.
- Allows exceptions for court-ordered or court-drawn maps to comply with the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act and for statewide referenda addressing those issues.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Prohibits a State from redrawing congressional districts again after a decennial apportionment until the next apportionment, except in narrow court-, Voting Rights Act-, or referendum-driven circumstances.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Civil Rights
Primary Purpose
Prohibits a State from redrawing congressional districts again after a decennial apportionment until the next apportionment, except in narrow court-, Voting Rights Act-, or referendum-driven circumstances.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Voters and election administrators seeking stable congressional district lines
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- States and political actors seeking additional mid-decade congressional redistricting
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Davis of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Incumbent politicians benefiting from mid-decade redistricting, State and local governments, State legislatures
Positive-direction: State and local governments, Voters in districts subject to partisan mid-cycle gerrymandering, Voters in states subject to partisan gerrymandering
Negative-direction: Incumbent politicians benefiting from mid-decade redistricting, State legislatures, State legislatures and redistricting commissions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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