Group opposed to partisan gerrymandering signals openness to Dem countermeasures [View all]

Source: The Hill

08/12/25 3:04 PM ET


A nonpartisan watchdog group, which previously told The Hill it was against blue states doing mid-decade redistricting in response to a battle playing out in Texas, is now signaling some openness to the tactic.

Common Cause said in a statement Tuesday it would not “endorse partisan gerrymandering even when its motive is to offset more extreme gerrymandering by a different party,” but it also added that “a blanket condemnation in this moment would amount to a call for unilateral political disarmament in the face of authoritarian efforts to undermine fair representation and people-powered democracy.”

The group said it was establishing standards by which it could be assessing states’ maps, including proportionality, public participation, racial equity and federal reform, among other aspects.

“We will not sit idly by while political leaders manipulate voting maps to entrench their power and subvert our democracy,” Common Cause president and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón said in a statement. “But neither will we call for unilateral political disarmament in the face of authoritarian tactics that undermine fair representation.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5448886-common-cause-fairness-criteria/