Utah GOP says they have enough signatures for pro-gerrymander ballot measure
In an unexpected development, Utah Republicans announced over the weekend that they had submitted enough signatures to put a pro-gerrymander measure on the ballot.
Jen Rice
Jen reports on threats to democracy in states across the country. She previously covered elections and local government at the Houston Chronicle and at Houston’s NPR station. She loves voting early on Halloween.
Utah GOP fumbling their pro-gerrymandering ballot measure amid fraud claims, confusion
Utah Republicans’ plan to repeal the state’s gerrymandering ban in order to grab another congressional seat isn’t going as well as they hoped.
In victory for Democrats, Virginia Supreme Court says redistricting vote can go forward
In a big win for Virginia Democrats’ efforts to counter President Donald Trump’s GOP gerrymanders in other states, the Virginia Supreme Court said the state can hold its special election on the redistricting plan.
Is Missouri’s new gerrymandered map in effect? That depends on a court — and the clock
With the midterm elections on the horizon, a Missouri court held a hearing in a lawsuit that could determine whether a gerrymandered congressional map favoring the Republican Party will be in effect for the 2026 race.
Trump-appointed judge rejects DOJ attempt to access Michigan voter rolls
A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump dismissed the U.S. Department of Justice’s efforts to obtain Michigan’s unredacted voter rolls, a bruising setback for the department’s sweeping national effort to force states to disclose sensitive voter data.
Virginia Democrats release proposed map aimed at picking up 4 congressional seats
Virginia Democrats have unveiled their plan to pick up four more seats in Congress, giving the public their first look at a map meant to counter President Donald Trump’s gerrymandering gains in GOP-controlled states.
SCOTUS allows California to use new congressional map, counter Texas’ GOP gerrymander
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed California to use its new, voter-approved congressional map in the 2026 election, clearing the way for Democrats to counter President Donald Trump’s redistricting gains in Texas.
Virginia Supreme Court gets chance to revive Democrats’ redistricting plan
Virginia Democrats’ efforts to counter President Donald Trump’s redistricting gains across the country scored a procedural win Wednesday, when the state court of appeals hurried the case to the state supreme court.
Florida court tosses GOP suit attempting to influence elections by challenging U.S. census
A Florida court dismissed a lawsuit that challenged some of the U.S. Census Bureau’s methods for estimating the population, a critically important process that determines how many votes each state receives in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the electoral college during presidential elections.
New GOP scheme to rig presidential elections: Missouri sues to exclude undocumented from census
In a case that could have profound nationwide consequences for elections, the state of Missouri has sued the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Commerce to block the federal government from including undocumented immigrants and temporary visa holders in the country’s once-a-decade census count.