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Trump’s gerrymandering war gave the GOP an unearned edge in the midterms. But the episode has degraded our democracy in another way, too: by preventing large numbers of voters from electing representatives that will respond to their needs.
A gerrymandered map in Tennessee’s only majority-Black district will stay gerrymandered. A three-judge panel Thursday denied the plaintiffs, Black voters and allied organizations, a motion for a preliminary injunction that would have paused the map’s effect before midterm elections. The plaintiffs claimed the map was drawn to dilute Black political power and violated the Equal […]
Houston residents face an uphill battle to get answers from the Trump administration and hold ICE accountable. But starting next year, their odds are likely to be even steeper.
Republicans are conceding some defeats: This week, the GOP agreed to dismiss its federal lawsuit challenging the state court ruling that struck down the gerrymandered map.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act (VRA) earlier this year continues to have cascading consequences across the country. Now, the upheaval has struck a group of Native American voters fighting a years-long battle for better representation in North Dakota’s state government.
Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson said that the General Assembly will convene Aug. 3-5 to consider legislation to put a redistricting amendment before voters in November.
The Colorado Supreme Court killed a set of proposed ballot measures aimed at redrawing the state’s congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders in other states, finding that they violated the state constitution.
A federal judge upheld DeSoto County, Mississippi’s local election map, which Black voters argued was drawn to suppress their political power.
America’s system of electoral redistricting has never been perfect for ensuring that maps are drawn to benefit voters, not politicians or parties. But over the past year, conservatives have radically transformed it into virtually unrecognizable terrain perhaps most closely resembling a burn scar — the term for the scorched land left behind after a wildfire. […]
The legal battle over President Donald Trump’s effort to crack down on mail voting is heating up. And Democracy Docket is covering it more closely than any other news outlet.
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