If you want to see how voting districts have been gerrymandered over time, check out The Art of Gerrymandering. It gives you the ability to toggle through fifty years of […]
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NEWS via Governing: Florida Lawmakers to Redraw Congressional Maps but on Their Own Terms
Florida Lawmakers to Redraw Congressional Maps but on Their Own Terms BY MCCLATCHY NEWS | AUGUST 5, 2014 By Mary Ellen Klas Florida legislators indicated Monday that they will meet in special session […]
Read MoreNEWS via Mashable: Mapmakers Debate How to Define Crimea
Mapmakers Debate How to Define Crimea A cartographer at work, circa 1930.IMAGE: VINTAGE IMAGES/HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES BY COLIN DAILEDA1 DAY AGO Much of the world is watching how the high-stakes […]
Read MoreNEWS via CNN: Crimea-Economic fallout of a ‘yes’ vote
Crimea: Economic fallout of a ‘yes’ vote By Alanna Petroff and Mark Thompson @CNNMoney March 15, 2014: 7:54 AM ET Crimea is voting on Sunday in a referendum to decide if the […]
Read MoreMAP via Sentencing Project: How Felon Voting Policies Restrict the Black vote
Cartogram of disenfranchisement rates, 2010. (Sentencing Project) In Florida, more than one in five black adults can’t vote. Not because they lack citizenship or haven’t registered, but because they have, […]
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