Jeff Zalesin

Essay

Beyond the Adjustment Wars: Dealing with Uncertainty and Bias in Redistricting Data

This Essay offers a pragmatic approach to litigating legislative malapportionment cases with imperfect population data. Because the census historically is inaccurate and biased—and 2020 Census data may be even more so—courts should clarify that they will consider evidence that district populations are less equal than they facially appear.

Oct 20, 2020