South Carolina GOP urges governor to call special session to eliminate only minority district
South Carolina Republicans want the governor to eliminate its minority-led district in the wake of recent SCOTUS ruling.
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How Democrats are fighting back after Callais
After the Supreme Court’s six Republican-appointed justices gutted the Voting Rights Act, Democrats across the country said they will respond with their own redistricting efforts and, eventually, new pro-voting laws.
Florida passes GOP gerrymander, sending map to DeSantis
The Florida Senate voted 21-17 Wednesday to approve a gerrymandered map that could deliver up to four more Republican seats in Congress in the upcoming elections. The vote sends the measure to Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who proposed the map and has made clear he will sign it. Litigation challenging the map, which could hand […]
An hour after SCOTUS guts Voting Rights Act, Florida House passes GOP gerrymander
The Florida House of Representatives has passed a new, aggressively gerrymandered congressional map, part of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) madcap dash to redistrict despite a voter-approved ban in the state constitution that prohibits partisan gerrymandering.
Florida lawmakers advance GOP gerrymander without public input
A Florida House committee has approved an aggressively gerrymandered congressional map proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).
The 7-3 vote, which came within hours of the opening of a redistricting special session, puts the state on a breathtakingly fast trajectory to deliver up to four more Republican congressional seats in time for the 2026 midterm elections.
In Montana, attacks on voting risk disenfranchising people with disabilities
Montana passed a law last year that would reject mail-in ballots over minor date errors. It could disenfranchise thousands of voters in a state where 80% of people voted by mail in 2024, according to a new report.
Virginia court declines to block Democrats from using new voter-approved congressional map
A circuit court concluded that the Virginia General Assembly has the authority to pass legislation that redraws the state’s congressional maps.
Trump begs Congress on SAVE America Act, calls not passing it ‘An Unrecoverable Death Wish’
As Trump goes apoplectic on social media over Republicans failure to pass the SAVE America Act, Republicans distance themselves from the President.
Senate rejects bid to revive SAVE America Act, but the war isn’t over
The month-long battle to pass the SAVE America Act ended with a whimper early Thursday morning, as the Senate — including three Republicans — voted against adding the extreme voter suppression legislation to the filibuster-proof reconciliation bill.
Democratic bill aims to counter Trump order, protect mail voting
Thirty-nine senators co-sponsored the bill to safeguard mail voting.