. Also read a opinion editorial calling for greater transparency and public participation in redistricting, based on principles articulated by the Public Mapping Project advisory board . Dr. McDonald has presented these ideas to the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Oregon State Legislature.

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Support The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has generously provided us with $1.2 million in support to update the DistrictBuilder app and to support continued data collection to prepare for the 2020 redistricting cycle. Other organizations that have given support to us in the past include: The Joyce Foundation, Amazon Corporation, and The Judy Ford Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University. Draw the Lines PA We are proud to support Draw the Lines PA in providing data and software for their redistricting competitions. Anyone is allowed to use our DistrictBuilder software to draw maps for their competitions, so check them out! Data! Data! Data! In preparation for the 2021 redistricting, we are collecting precinct boundaries nationwide and merging these boundaries with statewide election results. We have collected boundary data from nearly every locality in the country and are in process of adding election results. The states that we have released complete 2016 data are available here. Public Mapping Book Want to learn more about Public Mapping? Check out our Cornell University Press book, available free for electronic download. We talk about the lessons learned from our successes and failures, the tech, and how to DIY redistricting. The book is released in conjunction with 2018 Brown Democracy Medal award by the McCourtney Institute of Politics to the Public Mapping Project 2018 Brown Democracy Medal We are honored that t he McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State University the Public Mapping Project will be awarded the 2018 Brown Democracy Medal.



