The Peril and Promise of Redistricting Reform in H.R. 1
February 2, 2021
In 2019, House Democrats unveiled a sweeping electoral reform package, designated “H.R. 1” as a symbolic gesture of the bill’s importance. With Republican control of the White House and Senate, the bill stood no chance of being enacted into law at the time, but it contained genuinely impactful proposals. Fast-forward to 2021—with Democratic control(-ish) of…