South Carolina Voter Registration Deadline Extended After Hurricane Helene
A trial judge in South Carolina extended the state’s voter registration to Oct. 14.
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South Carolina Must Give Right-Wing Group Access to Voter Rolls, Federal Judge Says
The South Carolina State Election Commission must give a right-wing group access to their voter registration list, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.
Federal Court Dismisses Arkansas Congressional Map Challenge After SCOTUS Ruling
A federal district court dismissed a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’s congressional map as racially discriminatory, a loss for Black voters seeking fair representation .
Nearly Three-Year Federal Legal Battle Over South Carolina’s Congressional Map Comes to an End, Unfair Districts Remain in Place
Last Friday, the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and a Black voter agreed to voluntarily dismiss their remaining claim in a federal lawsuit that had originally challenged the state’s congressional map as being racially gerrymandered and intentionally discriminatory.
US Supreme Court Upholds South Carolina Congressional Map, Dismantles Racial Gerrymandering Precedent
Today, in a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that South Carolina’s congressional map is not a racial gerrymander, reversing a lower court decision that struck down the map.
South Carolina Will Use Gerrymandered Congressional Map in 2024, District Court Rules
The same federal court that struck down South Carolina’s congressional map for being an unconstitutional racial gerrymander ruled today that the state can use the map in the upcoming 2024 elections.
Right Wing Organization Files New Lawsuit To Gain Access To South Carolina Voter Rolls
A right wing legal group led by Cleta Mitchell has filed yet another lawsuit seeking to gain access to voter rolls ahead of the 2024 elections, this time in South Carolina.
U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Oral Argument Over South Carolina’s Congressional Map
This morning, at 10 a.m. EDT, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a South Carolina redistricting lawsuit — Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP — after the state’s Republican legislators appealed a three-judge panel’s decision to strike down the 1st Congressional District.
U.S. Supreme Court Schedules Oral Argument in South Carolina Racial Gerrymandering Case
On Friday, July 14, the U.S. Supreme Court scheduled oral argument in a racial gerrymandering case, Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, for October 11, 2023.
U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear South Carolina Racial Gerrymandering Challenge
On Monday, May 15, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will review a case regarding South Carolina’s congressional map, which was struck down earlier this year for being racially gerrymandered in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
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