Ohio Supreme Court Dismisses Lawsuits Over Congressional Map
On Thursday, Sept. 7, the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed a set of lawsuits that challenged the state’s congressional map for partisan gerrymandering.
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On Thursday, Sept. 7, the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed a set of lawsuits that challenged the state’s congressional map for partisan gerrymandering.
On Tuesday, Sept. 5, a federal court blocked the implementation of Alabama’s new congressional map — enacted by the state’s Republican governor and passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature — that does not have a second majority-Black district.
On Saturday, Sept. 2, Florida Judge Lee Marsh struck down the state’s congressional map, holding that it violates the state constitution by diminishing Black Floridians’ voting power.
On Wednesday, Aug. 23, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) rejected ballot language submitted by a pro-voting group seeking to implement a citizen-led redistricting commission.
On Tuesday, Aug. 22, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals scheduled oral argument for Oct. 6 in an appeal of a case challenging Louisiana’s congressional map.
On Thursday, Aug. 17, the U.S. Supreme Court denied an emergency request that, if granted, would have allowed fairer maps to be in place for Miami’s 2023 city commission election.
On Friday, Aug. 11, the parties in a state-level lawsuit challenging Florida’s congressional map signed an agreement that could pave the way for the state to resurrect a Black-performing district.
On Thursday, Aug. 10, a federal judge struck down Washington state’s legislative map for violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
On Wednesday, Aug. 9, a coalition of civil rights organizations and individual voters filed a federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s congressional and state Senate districts
On Friday, Aug. 4, a group of Wisconsin-based mathematicians and computer scientists filed a petition in the Wisconsin Supreme Court challenging the state’s legislative districts.