Online Tools

The Redistricting Game

This easy to use application lets you draw your own congressional districts.

District Builder

The Public Mapping Project

This more advanced application allows you to create your own districts; it is currently only available to nonprofits and the media.

General and State-Specific Information

State Redistricting Profiles

This page provides links to current state-by-state information on redistricting law, deadlines, and state contacts.

2010 Redistricting Law

This is a comprehensive guide to American redistricting law.

Who's in Charge?

This spreadsheet provides information on the bodies in charge of redistricting in all 50 states.

2010 Apportionment Map

US Census Bureau

This map shows changes in apportionment after the 2010 Census.

Guides to the Redistricting Process

A Citizen's Guide to Redistricting

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School

This comprehensive report introduces redistricting and its many challenges.

A Strength in Numbers: Your Guide to 2010 Census Redistricting Data

US Census Bureau

This guide explains the role of census data in the redistricting process.

The Impact of Redistricting in Your Community

NAACP LDF

This guide highlights some of the key impacts of redistricting initiatives, with special attention to minorities.

Nonprofits and the Redistricting Process

Standing up for Your Community: Influencing the Redistricting Process

Alliance for Justice

This brief guide explains how nonprofits can legally involve themselves in the redistricting process.

Mapping the Future: The Redistricting Process and Private Foundations

Alliance for Justice

This document provides further information for private foundations interested in the redistricting process.

Nonprofits Engaging in Redistricting

Alliance for Justice

This presentation explains the redistricting process as well as avenues for nonprofit involvement.

Reports

Redistricting in America: a State-by-State Analysis

The Rose Institute of State & Local Government

This report reviews the redistricting practices of all 50 states.

The Midwest Mapping Project

Michael McDonald - George Mason University

This report explores the effects of applying "neutral" criteria to the drawing of electoral districts in five Midwestern states.

Multimedia

The Future of the Voting Rights Act: Panel Discussion:

Part 1; Part 2

FairVote and The New America Foundation

This two-part video showcases some of the nation's top voting rights experts as they discuss the future of voting rights in America.

Rational Redistricting

WNYC

This radio broadcast features NY Assemblyman Michael Benjamin (D-Bronx), Dick Dady of the Citizen's Union, and Brenda Wright of Demos, engaging in an interactive dialogue on nonpartisan redistricting.