Editorial: Pat yourself on the back, California. Gerrymandering has been squashed

Around the country, states are being sued for drawing new political maps that civil rights advocates or political parties believe are unfair.

Texas is fighting allegations that its maps disenfranchise Latino voters. Alabama was sued for maps that didn’t give Black voters enough political power. North Carolina courts deemed that state’s maps too partisan. Michigan, Ohio, New Mexico, New York, Kentucky and Maryland are