Voters in three states Tuesday approved ballot measures to reform the process by which congressional and state legislative lines are drawn, aimed at preventing politicians from drawing favorable voting boundaries for themselves and their parties.

Initiatives in Colorado, Michigan, and Missouri, three of the four states where redistricting measures were on the ballot, won approval. A ballot measure in Utah currently leads by a thin margin.

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