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Did you know that Massachusetts is the birthplace of gerrymandering? Congressman Seth Moulton details this history and encourages community involvement to ensure that the 2021 redistricting process is fair and transparent!

The state created its first majority minority Congressional district, currently represented by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, and this district includes Boston's Chinatown. Read more from Dig Boston.

With Secretary of State William Galvin pressing to thwart a legislative effort to alter the traditional redistricting process, voting rights advocates said Wednesday they disagree with the Democrat when he suggests the reform is intended to give House incumbents an easier path to reelection. Read more from State House News Service.

Even as Boston's population has swelled and shifted, the city hasn't overhauled its voting precincts in decades. Read more from the Boston Globe.

A tweak to the way Massachusetts does redistricting can bring new faces to Beacon Hill. Read more from the Boston Globe.

Drawing Democracy members Rahsaan Hall, Cheryl Clyburn-Crawford, Lydia Lowe, Elizabeth Foster-Nolan and Beth Huang discuss the need to pass H.3863.

Coalition applauds House passage of bill that would switch order of redistricting and reprecincting BOSTON – The Drawing Democracy Coalition today issued the following statement in response to the passage of An Act Relative to Reprecincting (H.3863) in the Massachusetts State House of Representatives. “The delayed release of the 2020 Census data has made redistricting more difficult, but H.3863 is a modest, common sense change that will make both redistricting and reprecincti

Redistricting season is heating up! Don’t forget that the Special Joint Committee on Redistricting will be holding a virtual hearing for residents of the Eighth Congressional District tomorrow, Tuesday June 8th, at 12 pm. If Congressman Stephen Lynch is your representative, this includes you! It’s not too late to sign up to testify or submit written testimony telling the story of your community and informing the committee about how you think the new maps should be drawn. You