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In a spate of recent decisions, the infamously conservative 5th Circuit has delayed fair maps, upheld voter suppression laws and agreed to reconsider its own established precedent that protects coalitions of minority voters from discriminatory maps.
From private funding of elections to the redistricting process and hand counting, here are some lingering and new democracy myths to be debunked this holiday season.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is holding oral argument in a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s Assembly and Senate maps.
These are our takeaways from oral argument in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, a congressional redistricting case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear case that will decide fate of South Carolina’s congressional district.
The fight for a second majority-Black Congressional District in Louisiana weaves its way through the courts.
We analyze amicus briefs submitted in the upcoming racial gerrymandering case out of South Carolina, Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, which will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 11.
Last month, New York Democrats put their trifecta to work when Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed a slate of 10 voting laws aimed at improving the state’s outdated election rules, but the much-needed improvements didn’t go unnoticed, especially by the GOP.
In 2022, voters in six states cast ballots in congressional districts that have been ruled in violation of either the 14th Amendment, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) or state constitutions.
Black voters in Georgia are taking the state’s congressional map to trial, arguing it violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
