(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jennifer Lynn McCoy, Georgia State University (THE CONVERSATION) In the face of ...

As states from Texas to California to Florida debate and vote on new electoral maps, Americans are both learning about — and often disgusted by — the scale of gerrymandering in their states. The ...

With an increasingly polarized Congress and fewer competitive elections, there are growing calls among some election reformers to change how voters elect members of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The day after the Supreme Court gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry issued an executive order purporting to halt the state’s House primaries ...