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Independent commissions can ditch partisanship and make redistricting fairer to voters

  • Written by Jon X. Eguia, Professor of Economics, Michigan State University
imagePeople wait in line to get their ballot to vote in the 2020 general election in Detroit, Michigan. Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images

States across the U.S. are drawing new electoral districts for the next decade in a process called redistricting. In some states, districts are drawn by the state legislature; in others, by an independent...

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