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A New York court ruled that the state’s 2024 congressional map illegally diluted the political power of Black and Latino voters*, ordering an immediate redraw that would likely give Democrats another seat in this year’s midterms.
Maryland Democrats took a major step toward eliminating the state’s last GOP-held U.S. House seat, as a governor-appointed redistricting commission approved a new congressional map aimed at countering nationwide GOP gerrymanders ahead of the 2026 elections.
From California to Virginia, this was a good week for voting rights and fair elections. And we kept you up to date on all of it.
The Virginia Senate passed a constitutional amendment that would allow lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts.
When opponents of Missouri’s new, GOP-backed congressional map began gathering signatures to advance a ballot measure to veto the map, they faced an onslaught of opposition from Republicans.
Republicans are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and block California’s voter-approved congressional map after a federal court firmly rejected their challenge.
With every passing day, experts say, it’ll get harder for more Republican-led states to heed Trump’s redistricting call.
The Virginia House of Delegates approved a Democratic-backed constitutional amendment that would allow lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts mid-decade, a significant step toward countering nationwide GOP gerrymanders.
A federal court ruled against a Republican challenge to California’s redistricting plan, rejecting the GOP claim that the state had engaged in illegal racial gerrymandering when drawing up its new congressional map.
Virginia Democrats moved one step closer to redrawing the state’s congressional map after a key House committee approved a proposed constitutional amendment allowing for redistricting, in response to nationwide GOP gerrymanders.
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