Redistricting Resources

Posted: November 24 2010
Updated: March 21, 2012

Sites where you can learn more about redistricting. This page is also available as a downloadable pdf document.

Local Redistricting

• Basic Legal Requirements of Local Redistricting (see Legislative Reference Bureau)
• La Crosse County Board of Supervisors resolution forming Ad-hoc Redistricting Committee

Wisconsin State Government

Government Accountability Board

• Information for clerks
• State Voter Registration System

State Legislature

• Redistricting page

Legislative Reference Bureau

• A recent history in Wisconsin
• Guidelines for Adjusting Municipal Wards Following the 2010 Federal Census
• Legislative District Almana (demographic data)
• Tap the Power: Redistricting (bibliography)

Legislative Technology Services Bureau

• Wisconsin Shape Editor for Local Redistricting (WISE-LR)

State Supreme Court

• Decision on redistricting procedures

Federal Government

US Census Bureau

• American FactFinder
• Redistricting data

Non-Governmental Organizations and Issue Advocacy Support

• Alliance for Justice (Standing Up for Your Community: Influencing the Redistricting Process)
• Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law
  • A Citizens’ Guide to Redistricting
  • Democracy Program/Redistricting
  • Redistricting and Transparency
• Brookings on Congressional redistricting
• Make Our Votes Count (citizen committee tracking legislative redistricting in Wisconsin)
• Midwest Democracy Network - Draw the Line Midwest (includes Wisconsin page)
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• National Conference of State Legislatures
• Prison Policy Initiative’s Prisoners of the Census project
  • The problem
  • Wisconsin
• Wisconsin Democracy Campaign's Campaign for Accountable Redistricting
  • Alternative Redistricting Plan
  • Public testimony on new district maps

Mapping and Other Tools for Public Participation

• Dave’s Redistricting- Do it yourself redistricting
• District Builder - Public Mapping Project
• Gerrymandering documentary film (2010)
• The Redistricting Game by USC Annenberg Center