Some U.S. states use independent or nonpartisan redistricting commissions to draw congressional district maps instead of having state legislatures draw those maps.
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structural
Describes an institutional alternative to legislative-controlled redistricting.
Some U.S. states assign authority to draw congressional district boundaries to nonpartisan or independent redistricting commissions, while other states give that authority to the state legislature.
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process
Describes common institutional mechanisms for allocating redistricting authority.
State legislatures are commonly responsible for drawing U.S. congressional district maps, while some states instead use independent or nonpartisan redistricting commissions to draw those maps.
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process
Describes the two primary mechanisms used in the United States to create congressional district boundaries.