Project on Fair Representation Releases White Paper Urging States and Jurisdictions to Use Citizen Voting Age Population For Redistricting
b'ARLINGTON, Va., April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Project on Fair Representation (POFR) released a White Paper urging states and sub-jurisdictions to use citizen voting age population rather than total population as the metric for redistricting U.S. election districts.
- b'ARLINGTON, Va., April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Project on Fair Representation (POFR) released a White Paper urging states and sub-jurisdictions to use citizen voting age population rather than total population as the metric for redistricting U.S. election districts.
- The White Paper can be found at ProjectonFairRepresentation.org.\nEvery ten years States must redistrict to account for population shifts and ensure that districts contain equal population.
- Traditionally, States have used a "total population" measure as the basis for redistricting.
- A total population measure is what it sounds likedistricts are drawn on the basis of raw population, without regard to citizenship or voting eligibility.