This week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s plan to suppress voting this fall starts with California
As the midterms get closer, President Donald Trump and his allies are kicking their efforts to suppress voting into high gear.
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The long game: These are the states where Democrats could redistrict for 2028
In the weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority dismembered the Voting Rights Act through its landmark Louisiana v. Callais ruling, Republicans have raced to pass new gerrymandered congressional maps that eliminate Black political representation across the South.
Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal challenging GOP congressional gerrymander
The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal seeking to strike down the state’s Republican gerrymandered congressional map, reviving a major fight for fairer maps that could reshape Wisconsin’s U.S. House delegation for 2028.
With latest delay, Missouri court lets GOP run out clock on redistricting fight
A Missouri state judge has handed Republicans yet another delay in a months-long battle challenging a partisan gerrymander that the GOP passed last year. The postponement in this case increases the likelihood that the GOP will defeat opponents of the new map by simply running out the clock.
Florida Supreme Court greenlights GOP gerrymander that violates state ban
The Florida Supreme Court has cleared the way for Republicans to use Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) gerrymandered congressional map in 2026, despite the state’s voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering.
Pamela Evette, a Trump-backed Republican, advances in South Carolina Governor primary
South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette (R) — who campaigned on sharply restricting voting and was endorsed by President Donald Trump — won the GOP nomination to be the Palmetto State’s next governor.
Florida Republicans urge court to greenlight gerrymander — and nix constitution’s gerrymandering ban
Florida Republicans urged the state’s highest court to invalidate the state’s voter-approved ban on partisan redistricting and clear the way for the GOP’s gerrymandered congressional map this year.
Florida Supreme Court fast-tracks request to block gerrymander
Florida supreme court will expedite its consideration of a pro-voting group’s petition to block the GOP’s new gerrymandered map.
Pro-voting groups ask Florida Supreme Court to block GOP gerrymander
Pro-voting groups asked the Florida Supreme Court Thursday to block the state’s new GOP congressional gerrymander and let the 2026 elections move forward under the 2022 map, warning that Republican officials are trying to run out the clock before voters can get relief.
Supreme Court’s Alabama redistricting ruling marks brazen reversal of its previous stance
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Republican-appointed majority erased all doubts about the sweeping nature of its recent voting rights jurisprudence Tuesday night with a shadow docket ruling that effectively reverses the Court’s own decision in the same matter just three years ago.
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