North Carolina map-makers used “concept maps” unseen by the public to draw parts of the new state House map now under scrutiny in an ongoing gerrymandering lawsuit, according to a key lawmaker’s ...

“Drawing a map to encompass 75 House seats, 29 Senate seats is not that easy,” Ray told Stateline in July at a redistricting seminar hosted by the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Across the country this year, the nation’s political maps are being redrawn. Redistricting is a complicated, even arcane process, but one with a significant impact on the nation’s political landscape.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The secrecy behind drawing Ohio’s new state legislative maps was so great that one member of the state commission tasked with approving them only found out where his fellow ...

The final stages of the map-drawing process have drawn backlash from Republicans and progressive groups, who criticized the commission for a lack of transparency. Protesters picket outside the N.J.