Co-Sponsor the Redistricting Reform Act

Nine states drew new congressional maps for 2026, shifting 21 seats before anyone voted.

A letter to your members of Congress. Facts checked September 24, 2026.

The explainer behind this letter Redistricting Who redraws voting districts, how, and the 2025-26 mid-decade redraw

The Letter

Subject Co-Sponsor H.R. 5449 to Ban Mid-Decade Redraws and Require Independent Commissions

Politicians should not get to redraw their own districts in the middle of a decade because they are worried about the next election. For 2026, nine states did exactly that, with new congressional maps built to shift 21 House seats before anyone voted.

Federal law allows it. And in 33 states, the legislature draws the map itself, so the party in charge decides the lines it will run on.

The Redistricting Reform Act, H.R. 5449 and S. 2885, would bar mid-decade redraws unless a court orders one to fix a legal problem, and it would give congressional line-drawing to independent commissions. Eight states already use one.

Please cosponsor the Redistricting Reform Act so maps are drawn once a decade by people who are not on the ballot.

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I'm calling to ask my member of Congress to cosponsor the Redistricting Reform Act, H.R. 5449 in the House and S. 2885 in the Senate.
Nine states redrew their congressional maps for 2026, shifting 21 seats before anyone voted, and federal law allowed every one of them.
The bill bans mid-decade redraws unless a court orders one and requires independent commissions to draw congressional maps.
Please cosponsor it so maps are drawn once a decade by people who are not on the ballot.

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The Facts Behind the Ask

33 states with more than one House seat where the legislature draws the congressional map (source)
9 states with new mid-decade congressional maps in effect for 2026, drawn to shift 21 seats (source)
60 House cosponsors of the Redistricting Reform Act, H.R. 5449; neither it nor S. 2885 has had a committee vote (source)

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