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The lead plaintiff in the case that destroyed the Voting Rights Act (VRA) has a history of promoting false election conspiracies and anti-voting policies, and was at the Stop the Steal protest at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, before a deadly riot by pro-Trump insurrectionists.
The Supreme Court fast-tracked certification of its decision in Louisiana v. Callais, clearing the way for Louisiana to move forward with redrawing its congressional map even as an election is already underway.
Louisiana Republicans are racing to redraw the state’s congressional map following the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act. New details suggest lawmakers could vote as early as next week on a gerrymander that targets a majority-Black district not even at issue in the original Supreme Court case.
Black voters are pressing SCOTUS to apply the Purcell principle of law, which says voting rules and maps shouldn’t be changed too close to an election.
Alabama lawmakers will convene Monday afternoon for an astonishing eleventh-hour special session to prepare the state to use a gerrymandered map that dilutes the power of Black voters.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s (R) suspension of active elections after the Supreme Court deemed the state’s congressional map unconstitutional has ignited confusion and a flurry of lawsuits across the Bayou State. Here’s where things stand.
It’s no exaggeration to say this was among the worst weeks for voting rights in our history.
Alabama may suspend its May 19 congressional primary elections to pass a new gerrymandered map in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act (VRA) — even though absentee mail ballots have already been sent to voters and some ballots have already been cast.
A new lawsuit is challenging Louisiana’s extraordinary decision to suspend congressional primaries already underway — arguing the state is illegally nullifying votes and plunging an active election into chaos following the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) declared a state of emergency Thursday to suspend the state’s congressional primary election — which has already begun — in a shocking effort to hastily gerrymander the district following Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act.