Trump seeks passage of SAVE America Act via housing and FISA bills
Trump rants on Truth Social that the anti-voting SAVE America Act should be passed by attaching it to pending legislation regarding housing and foreign intelligence surveillance.
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In win for voters, Montana court blocks Republican-backed attack on Election Day registration
In a major win for Montana voters, a court blocked a voter suppression law that would’ve cut off Election Day registration for federal elections at noon — preserving an essential voting option Montanans have used for decades ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Tennessee governor signs aggressive GOP gerrymander into law
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed a series of laws Thursday to approve the GOP’s new congressional map that eliminates the state’s only Black-majority district and its lone Democratic seat.
‘Jim Crow on steroids’: Tennessee gerrymander included nixing rule that voters must be notified about new districts
In the aggressive congressional gerrymander they adopted Thursday, Tennessee Republicans also removed a provision in state law requiring the government to alert voters about changes to their designated polling places when electoral lines are redrawn.
Heeding Trump, Tennessee GOP repeals state law to pass new map carving up majority-black district
The GOP-held Tennessee General Assembly Thursday changed state law to adopt a new congressional map that dilutes the state’s only Black-majority district and breaks up its lone Democratic seat.
Alabama races toward final votes to gerrymander elections already underway
If allowed by federal courts to go into effect, the maps would immediately strip Black voters in the state of political representation in the wake of last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act.
Alabama House approves last-minute congressional gerrymander, despite votes already cast
The Alabama House voted Wednesday to approve a plan that would change the congressional district map during an active election, even though some votes in the May 19 primary have already been cast.
Alabama legislative committees approve GOP gerrymanders despite ongoing primary election
Alabama lawmakers took initial votes Tuesday giving the greenlight to legislation that would change congressional and state senate district maps in primary elections that are already underway.
Chaos: Alabama prepares to eliminate majority-Black districts, while moving forward with elections it may annul
Alabama lawmakers will convene Monday afternoon for an astonishing eleventh-hour special session to prepare the state to use a gerrymandered map that dilutes the power of Black voters.
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.