"Redistricting Battle Takes a Backseat to the Real Victims: Voters. As the contentious redistricting process continues to dominate headlines, a growing chorus of voting experts and advocates is warning that the real losers in this high-stakes game may not be the politicians, but the voters themselves. With partisan gerrymandering on the rise, many fear that the manipulated district maps will lead to a distorted democracy, where the voices of ordinary citizens are drowned out by the interests of powerful politicians. As the lines are redrawn, will the rights of voters be sacrificed at the altar of party politics?"
Much of the focus of the ongoing redistricting war has been on which political party will come out on top. But it's voters who will pay a cost, say voting experts and voting rights advocates.
