Utah GOPers Pass Gerrymandering Scheme, Advance New Map to Retain All the State’s Congressional Seats
The scheme will help Republicans usurp Proposition 4, the anti-gerrymandering ballot initiative approved by voters in 2018.
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Missouri Gov. Signs Extreme Gerrymander, Ballot Initiative Crackdown Into Law
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 Blocks Voter Referendum on GOP Gerrymander
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 […]
After Losing in Court, Utah GOPers Unveil Audacious Scheme To Create New Gerrymander
The plan would narrow the standard for courts to determine whether a proposed map is a partisan gerrymander.
Plaintiffs Want Cleta Mitchell to Testify on Law to Suppress Student Voting
Voting rights groups in North Carolina are asking a federal court to compel election-denying lawyer Cleta Mitchell to testify in their challenge to a voter suppression law they say was designed to keep young people from voting.
Amid GOP’s National Gerrymander, Democrats Push to Require Fair Maps
As a redistricting war launched by President Donald Trump and the GOP continues to spread across the country, congressional Democrats offered a ceasefire deal Thursday — a new bill to ban mid-decade redraws and force states to adopt independent redistricting commissions.
Trump targets the left; a ‘Super SAVE Act’; and an era of ‘resistance to democracy’
This week’s biggest story for democracy didn’t happen in a courtroom, a legislative chamber, or a government agency. It happened on a college campus in Utah.
Missouri Voters Sue to Block ‘Unconstitutional’ GOP Gerrymander
Missouri voters filed a lawsuit that challenges the GOP’s new congressional map, calling it an unconstitutional gerrymander thats dismantles Kansas City’s Black Democratic representation and rigs the 2026 elections.
Ohio GOP Launches Redistricting Committee as Democrats Unveil Fair Map
Ohio Republicans launched a joint legislative committee to redraw the state’s congressional map. Democrats warn it could open the door to another round of partisan gerrymandering amid a broader national GOP effort.
Missouri GOP Advances Gerrymander Again, Clears Key Committee
Missouri Republicans are rushing their mid-decade gerrymandering, with the House Rules–Legislative Committee voting 7-3 to advance the GOP’s congressional map proposal.