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Our team has been digging in on what’s probably the most important ongoing voting story of 2026, which will shape the voting access landscape for the midterms: the unprecedented push by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to obtain state voter rolls.
With the Florida legislature set to convene next week, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced Wednesday that he will call a special session on redistricting in April, adding the Sunshine State to the list of places where Republicans aim to give themselves an electoral advantage in the 2026 midterm elections.
In a sweeping settlement with four Republican-led states, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has agreed to redesign its federal immigration database to serve voter “verification” purposes.
Florida lawmakers are set to begin a mid-decade redraw of the state’s congressional map next month — a move that could accelerate a nationwide GOP push to lock in control of the U.S. House before any votes are cast.
As the 2026 election approaches, the GOP’s Trump-driven gerrymander campaign isn’t just unfolding in state legislatures. It’s also playing out in federal courtrooms where challenges to new congressional maps will be decided.
Republican donors are being urged to bankroll a new wave of nationwide gerrymanders — and the plea is coming from the GOP’s top mapmaker himself.
A Republican member of North Carolina’s elections board sang the praises of bipartisanship at a U.S. Congressional hearing on elections Tuesday, despite working in recent months to shift the state’s voting rules toward the GOP.
At a hearing of the Elections Subcommittee of the House Administration Committee on how election officials can respond to natural disasters, Stacey Eggers IV noted how important it was that the board acted in a bipartisan manner after western North Carolina was hit by Hurricane Helene a month before the 2024 election.
Republicans have opened the door to redrawing Florida’s congressional map mid-decade, joining Texas and potentially other GOP-led states.
The Florida Supreme Court upheld a congressional map drafted by Gov. DeSantis even as it acknowledged that the map weakens Black electoral power in the state.
In a win for Florida voters, a federal court has temporarily blocked some parts of a new state law that makes it much harder for residents to put citizen-led initiatives on the ballot.
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