Mississippi’s mail ballot receipt deadline affirmed by federal appeals court after pivotal Supreme Court ruling
The ruling is the final word in the GOP’s lengthy legal battle to ban mail ballots that arrive after, but postmarked by, Election Day.
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Federal judge blocks GOP effort to get rid of Black judicial seat in Mississippi
A federal judge rejected a Republican attempt to eliminate a Black-majority local judicial district in Mississippi, ruling that it was too close to the November election to make the change.
After Supreme Court gutted VRA, Mississippi tries to bring back a GOP gerrymander
A federal court will decide at an upcoming hearing whether Mississippi can move forward for now with a gerrymandered GOP map for its 2027 elections without waiting for input from a district court or the legislature.
Democrats, election officials praise Supreme Court mail ballot ruling: ‘A rejection of Trump’s attacks’
State voting chiefs and voting rights advocates noted that the ruling is a crucial victory reaffirming that states, not the president, hold the power to set election rules.
Supreme Court mail ballot ruling spurs Trump and MAGA meltdown: ‘This is how our country dies’
The right also used the decision to bolster an ongoing push for President Donald Trump’s SAVE America Act — though the measure does not address the issue at stake in the case.
Supreme Court allows mail ballots to count after Election Day in win for voters
The U.S. Supreme Court blessed grace periods for ballots mailed by Election Day Thursday, preserving pro-voter laws in 14 states.
Court upholds map targeting Mississippi Black voters, in latest sign of Callais’ impact
A federal judge upheld DeSoto County, Mississippi’s local election map, which Black voters argued was drawn to suppress their political power.
CBC blocks SCORE Act vote on college athlete pay in response to GOP’s southern redistricting wave
The CBC’s Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Ala.) has pulled support of the SCORE Act, which he helped draft, due to the GOP’s redistricting war impacts on his state.
This week at Democracy Docket: The GOP’s rush to kill off Black political power continues — but there’s also reason for hope
At Democracy Docket, we’re proud of the enterprise journalism we publish. But some weeks, our focus is simply on keeping our readers up to date with what’s happening.
Mississippi governor plans to redraw congressional map, eliminate majority-Black district after midterms
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) said Republicans are planning to redraw the state’s congressional map and dismantle the state’s lone majority-Black district by 2027.
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