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鈥淒rawing lines for congressional districts,鈥� former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy once wrote, 鈥渋s one of the most significant acts a State can perform to ensure citizen participation in republican self-governance.鈥� States redraw their maps after each new census 鈥� once a decade, as stipulated by the Constitution. But at least a dozen are considering doing so now. First Texas, now California, as Ali Martin reports. Both parties seek an advantage in next year鈥檚 midterm elections. Yet listen closely and you will hear voices leading through - rather than into - the partisan fray.

鈥淪omeone has to lead in climbing out of the mudhole,鈥� wrote Mitch Daniels, Republican former governor of Indiana, in the Washington Post last week. 鈥淭he side that does will not be unilaterally disarming; it will be establishing itself as the proper custodian of a system that most Americans still want to trust and believe in.鈥�