Gerrymandering is often criticized as unethical, but it is not always illegal. The legality depends on how and why the district lines are drawn.

A spat over congressional redistricting in Texas marks the latest episode in a long national history of gerrymandering

This is an attempt to grab power, to change the rules, to determine a certain outcome,” Healey, flanked by Texas lawmakers, told reporters Tuesday. The post Healey meets with Texas Democrats who fled their state amid battle over redistricting appeared first on Boston.

In an act of protest, Texas House Democrats fled the state Sunday to prevent Republicans from advancing a newly drawn congressional district map that favors the GOP.

The Texas Legislature was left today without the ability to pass any bills after the state’s Democrats fled en masse. Republicans were planning to vote this week to approve a new political map that was drawn at the behest of President Trump to flip five U.S. House seats in favor of Republicans.