Map

What the Map module does

When live, the Map module surfaces — state by state — which legal pathways are currently available for redistricting reform. Specifically:

• Citizen-initiative authority. Which states allow voters to put a redistricting reform on the ballot directly, bypassing the state legislature. The path Michigan used in 2018 (Proposal 2). The path Colorado, Arizona, and others have used. The path South Carolina, Kansas, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and others do not yet have.
• Independent redistricting commission status. Which states draw their congressional districts through an independent or non-partisan commission, which delegate to the legislature, which use a mixed model.
• Article V state-application status. Which states have filed (and which have rescinded) applications for an Article V convention on questions adjacent to districting fairness — a Tier 3 readout for citizens, scholars, and staffers tracking the federal-floor amendment work.
• Mid-decade redraw activity. A live record of states that have redrawn their congressional maps mid-decade, the practice the Redistricting Reform Act would prohibit.

What this page is not

This page is not the Map. It is a placeholder. The Map renders on a real surface with real state-by-state data, with sources that link to primary records (state election commission filings, court rulings, legislative votes). That work is queued as the next phase of Lab development.

When the Map launches

The Lab is in MVP preview. The Engine module is live on a seeded corpus of five federal bills — one (the Shadow Docket Sunlight Act) fully piped through all four analytical panels, the other four seeded with verified bill records whose panels publish as each Engine run completes. The Map module, the Wiring Diagram, the Simulator, and the Scorecard launch in subsequent phases.

If you are willing to contribute to the Map's data layer — a state-by-state pathway audit, a citizen-initiative procedural reference, a fork of the methodology — file an issue on the Lab's repository (opens with the next release). The data work is the kind of contribution the Lab needs more than another reader.