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Redistricting follows each census, and is meant to adjust representation to reflect changes in population. Redistricting frequently sparks concerns about gerrymandering – drawing districts to dilute the power of certain voting blocs to the advantage of their opponents – and sometimes sparks lawsuits over allegations of minority voter suppression.

Report: Redistricting more fair to Native Americans

John Hult / South Dakota Searchlight
October 13, 2023
Local, News

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Grouping Native American voters together earned South Dakota a better-than-average score from a voting rights watchdog group. Common Cause, a nonprofit organization, released a state-by-state scorecard, ranking states based on the way they redrew congressional and state legislative districts following the 2020 U.S. census. South Dakota only adjusts legislative districts because the […]