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You can download full state legislative and congressional district maps, each individual district map or zipped packages of all maps, district data and shapefiles, and Commission publications, including the 2021 District Map Book, and a poster-sized road map.
Nov 8, 2022 · States are redrawing their 2022 congressional maps. Here's how many House districts the state will have following the 2020 census, and how voting power will shift.
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This section lists major events in the post-2020 census redistricting cycle in reverse chronological order. Major events include the release of apportionment data, the release of census population data, the introduction of formal map proposals, the enactment of new maps, and noteworthy court challenges. Click the dates below for additional informat...
Enacted state legislative district maps
1. 1.1. See also: State legislative district maps implemented after the 2020 census
Enacted congressional district maps
1. 1.1. See also: Congressional district maps implemented after the 2020 census The Washington House approved a final congressional map proposal 88-7 on February 2, 2022, and the Senate approved the congressional plan on February 8, 2022, in a 35-14 vote. Washington’s four redistricting commissioners each released their proposed congressional maps on September 28, 2021. On November 16, 2021, the commission announced that it was not able to produce new maps by its November 15 deadline and had...
In Washington, congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by a five-member non-politician commission. The commission was established by constitutional amendment in 1983. The majority and minority leaders of the Washington State Senate and Washington House of Representatives each appoint one registered voter to the commission....
Legislative maps
Washington’s four redistricting commissioners each released their proposed state legislative maps on September 21, 2021. The Washington House approved final state legislative map proposals on February 2, 2022.
Congressional maps
Washington’s four redistricting commissioners each released their proposed congressional maps on September 28, 2021. The Washington House approved a final congressional map proposal on February 2, 2022.
Apportionment is the process by which representation in a legislative body is distributed among its constituents. The number of seats in the United States House of Representativesis fixed at 435. The United States Constitution dictates that districts be redrawn every 10 years to ensure equal populations between districts. Every ten years, upon comp...
This section includes background information on federal requirements for congressional redistricting, state legislative redistricting, state-based requirements, redistricting methods used in the 50 states, gerrymandering, and recent court decisions.
FiveThirtyEight, "What Redistricting Looks Like In Every State"Feb 10, 2022 · The state's new independent commission drew a map with four Democratic-leaning districts, three where the GOP is favored and one new, competitive seat.
Jul 19, 2022 · The Washington Legislature has approved the congressional map drawn by the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission, with a few minor tweaks. The new map is now law. Washington’s state...
Nov 16, 2021 · Under state law, at least three of the four partisan commissioners had until Monday to reach agreement on new boundaries for the state’s 10 congressional districts and 49 legislative districts —...
Mar 16, 2024 · Months after finding that the newly drawn legislative district boundaries near Yakima violated the Voting Rights Act, a federal judge has now decided what those district boundaries should...
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