1. United States
2. Pa.
3. Letter

I understand the Constitution gives the states the power to conduct elections, so I don’t need a civics lesson.  But non-census year redistricting is UNETHICAL. Would Congress act if the states changed their voting processes to deliberately disenfranchise minority voters?  What if the states redistricted so that older (or younger) voters have an election advantage?  So WHY is it acceptable for the states to draw their lines to provide an election advantage to one political party? Redistricting should be the process of aligning House representation to accurately reflect population shifts throughout the states.  The President has hijacked that process (apparently with  Congressional approval) to try to manipulate election outcomes to favor one political party over the other. Both parties do it every chance they get.  It is bad enough that they get the chance to do it once per decade, but doing it prior to every election is ludicrous. Congress must act.  The states should be allowed to conduct their elections without federal influence.  But the states should be precluded from redistricting to artificially select voters. This is a job for Congress.  The states can conduct their own elections, but they must do so fairly.  Congress should mandate that redistricting ONLY occurs during census years.  While they are at it, Congress should also provide direction that gives states a mechanism to  equitably distribute representation based on their population rather than the political affiliation of their citizenry.