Editing Gerrymandering (section)

===Transparency regulations===
When a single political party controls both legislative houses of a state during redistricting, both Democrats and Republicans have displayed a marked propensity for couching the process in secrecy; in May 2010, for example, the [[Republican National Committee]] held a redistricting training session in Ohio where the theme was "Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/12/13/study-of-gop-maps-points-to-politics.html|title=Study of GOP Maps Points to Politics|last1=Siegel|first1=Jim|date=13 December 2011|publisher=Dispatch.com|access-date=5 March 2013|archive-date=16 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316033845/http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/12/13/study-of-gop-maps-points-to-politics.html}}</ref> A 2012 investigation by The [[Center for Public Integrity]] reviewed every state's redistricting processes for both transparency and potential for public input, and ultimately assigned 24 states grades of either D or F.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/01/14839356-behind-closed-doors-gop-and-dems-alike-cloaked-redistricting-in-secrecy|title=Behind Closed Doors: GOP and Dems Alike Cloaked Redistricting in Secrecy|last=Kusnetz|first=Nicholas|date=1 November 2012|work=NBC News}}</ref>

In response to these types of problems, redistricting transparency legislation has been introduced to [[US Congress]] a number of times in recent years, including the Redistricting Transparency Acts of 2010, 2011, and 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr4918|title=Redistricting Transparency Act of 2010 (2010; 111th Congress H.R. 4918) – GovTrack.us|work=GovTrack.us|access-date=16 April 2013|archive-date=3 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403102430/http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr4918}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr419|title=Redistricting Transparency Act of 2011 (2011; 112th Congress H.R. 419) – GovTrack.us|work=GovTrack.us|access-date=16 April 2013|archive-date=29 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929080910/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr419}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr337|title=Redistricting Transparency Act of 2013 (2013; 113th Congress H.R. 337) – GovTrack.us|work=GovTrack.us|access-date=16 April 2013|archive-date=16 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016064415/http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr337}}</ref> Such policy proposals aim to increase the transparency and responsiveness of the redistricting systems in the US. The merit of increasing transparency in redistricting processes is based largely on the premise that lawmakers would be less inclined to draw gerrymandered districts if they were forced to defend such districts in a public forum.