Stay informed with breaking news updates about voting rights, democracy reform, litigation and legislation. Use the drop-down menu to organize by topic.
A federal judge in Texas dismissed a GOP lawsuit against California’s new congressional redistricting plan, ruling that the Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), had no right to sue over another state’s election laws.
North Carolina moved closer Tuesday to dismantling a historically Black congressional district in a move one of its former representatives described as “blatant discrimination.”
A coalition of pro-voting groups is suing Indiana over two new anti-voting laws they say unfairly target naturalized citizens and threaten to remove eligible voters from the rolls.
Four years after GOP lawmakers in Georgia enacted one of the most aggressive anti-voting laws in the country, new evidence filed in federal court shows that Senate Bill 202 (SB 202) has drastically deepened racial inequalities in voting access in the state.
President Donald Trump publicly endorsed the North Carolina GOP’s latest congressional gerrymander Friday, celebrating a proposed map that would secure Republicans an additional U.S. House seat in 2026 — by further eroding fair representation for Black and Democratic voters. “Thank you to North Carolina’s incredible Republican State Legislators, who just introduced a new, fair, and […]
A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Indiana’s student ID voting ban — a major procedural win for young voters and pro-voting advocates who say the GOP-backed law was designed to suppress student voting. In a decision issued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, denied Republicans’ […]
The map gives Republicans a competitive edge in all four congressional districts.
The scheme will help Republicans usurp Proposition 4, the anti-gerrymandering ballot initiative approved by voters in 2018.
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe (R) signed House Bill 1 into law, approving a Trump-ordered gerrymander made to guarantee Republicans a 7-1 advantage in the state’s U.S. House delegation.
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway (R) Friday rejected a referendum petition aimed at overturning the GOP’s extreme gerrymander — escalating the state’s power grab into an outright attack on Missourians’ constitutional rights. The pro-voting coalition People Not Politicians filed the referendum with the Secretary of State earlier this month to give voters the chance to […]