Paige is a staff writer at Democracy Docket. Depending on who you ask, she is from western North Carolina or western Pennsylvania — they’re the same mountains and both home. Outside of voting rights, she is passionate about reproductive justice, geology and bluegrass. Prior to Democracy Docket, she was at the Democratic Party of Wisconsin in voter protection.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is holding oral argument in a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s Assembly and Senate maps. The petitioners — a group of Wisconsin voters — argue that the legislative districts are extreme partisan gerrymanders in violation of multiple provisions of the state constitution.
On Saturday, voters in Louisiana will cast ballots in the secretary of state race to determine who will become the chief election officer ahead of 2024.
Since 2020, Republicans across the country have fought — in and out of the courtroom — to make election records, normally reserved for professional auditors and experts, available via public record request. It’s a part of the growing threat of election vigilantism and voter challenges.
In just under a month, Pennsylvanians will vote in the state Supreme Court race, choosing either Democrat Judge Daniel McCaffery or Republican Judge Carolyn Carluccio. Find out why the race matters.
There is ongoing litigation concerning the improvement of rights restoration and dismantling of felony disenfranchisement in five states. Currently, there are an estimated 4.6 million people prevented from participating in the electoral process.
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.
With the 140 historic confirmations, including that of Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden is outpacing his predecessors by diversifying the federal judiciary in terms of gender, race and professional backgrounds.
Courts across the country are playing a critical role in protecting our democracy from the onslaught of frivolous lawsuits from right-wing, conspiracy-driven Republicans. This summer, courts rejected six anti-voting lawsuits.
As they did in the 1950s, Republican lawmakers have once again defied the U.S. Supreme Court by enacting a congressional map with only one majority-Black district.
Former President Donald Trump’s most recent indictment includes six unnamed co-conspirators. How did they assist his criminal efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election?
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