Resources

ELC offers resources to voters, community groups, activists, lawyers, journalists, and legislative staffers to learn about voting patterns, areas of minority underrepresentation, areas for electoral system improvement, and garner further understanding of redistricting plans with the aim to bring power to voters, not politicians.

The Election Law Clinic is proud to work in partnership with PlanScore to make redistricting fair and easy to understand by maintaining updated statistics and visualizations. PlanScore is made up of legal, political science, and mapping technology experts. With the help of code and data from election experts around the country, PlanScore scores and publishes district plans for all 50 states on an easy-to-use website.

RPVNearMe

RPV Near Me is a project of the Election Law Clinic. ELC now offers free access to summary measures of racially polarized voting (“RPV”) for every county in the country. Using techniques approved by federal courts for use in Voting Rights Act litigation, this tool provides insight into voting patterns, areas of minority underrepresentation, and areas where the electoral system could be improved. Access the user-friendly website here.

TrueViews aims to address polarization and misrepresentation in American politics and bolster voter-centered representation by providing local, state, and national policymakers with detailed insights into the policy preferences of their constituents on key issues, such as criminal justice, environmental protection, immigration, and reproductive health. TrueViews is a neutral, nonpartisan project committed to presenting public opinion estimates transparently and rigorously. The collaborative effort involves leading scholars and practitioners in the fields of election law and political science, including three faculty affiliates of the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University: Professor Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos of Harvard Law School; Assistant Clinical Professor Ruth M. Greenwood of Harvard Law School, who directs the Election Law Clinic; Associate Professor Justin de Benedictis-Kessner of Harvard Kennedy School, who directs the Local Politics Lab at HKS; and Professor Christopher S. Warshaw of George Washington University.