The 2012 congressional redistricting cycle following the 2010 Census is just about over and done with. And it seems likely to make much less difference than many of us expected.

A now-irrelevant provision of the Voting Rights Act may soon be no more.

Hundreds of voting districts throughout the country have an unfair balance between citizen and noncitizen populations; that problem may be fixed soon.

Abigail Thernstrom will discuss the 1965 Voting Rights Act and her book, "Voting Rights--and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections."

Republicans in many states are pursuing two avenues to tilt elections their way—changing the electoral college rules in the middle of the game and using laws and regulations to block likely Democratic voters from exercising their legitimate franchise. Both ploys demand new thinking to enhance our elections, not constrain them in partisan ways.

Panelists representing each side will discuss the legal and political issues raised by the case, Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder.

In Kinston, North Carolina, the Department of Justice interfered in election procedure based on a wrongful allegation of discrimination.

The flawed redistricting process in the United States allows representatives to choose their voters. The Public Mapping Project coming to Virginia could fix the problem.