Supreme Court greenlights Alabama’s racial gerrymander, signaling free rein for states to discriminate
The U.S. Supreme Court will allow Alabama to use a congressional map found to have intentionally discriminated against Black voters.
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New York plans to help Democrats retain the House in 2028
Empire State Democrats have mapped out their plans to rewrite the state constitution to allow for a new congressional map ahead of the 2028 elections that could net the party four additional U.S. House seats.
Will Louisiana’s last majority-Black district survive Callais? A court will decide
A federal court agreed to hear arguments later this month over whether Louisiana’s newly enacted congressional map complies with the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial ruling in Louisiana v. Callais — a proceeding that could put the state’s last remaining majority-Black congressional district in jeopardy.
Black voters urge Supreme Court to reject Alabama’s last-minute bid to revive racist map
Black voters in Alabama urged the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to reject the state’s emergency request to use a congressional map with only one majority-Black district in the midterms — a move they warn would reward Alabama for trying to revive a map that lower courts have repeatedly found unlawful and discriminatory.
In South Carolina, Trump’s pick for governor has an elaborate plan for voter suppression
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, Trump’s pick for governor, has an elaborate plan for restricting the state’s voting rights.
This week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s mail-voting crackdown advances — but there are setbacks for his gerrymandering push
We got some ominous news this week about President Donald Trump’s dangerous bid to crack down on mail voting ahead of the midterm elections.
Gov. Landry signs Louisiana gerrymander into law, erasing majority-Black district
The Louisiana Senate voted 28-10 to eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black congressional seats Friday, sending the remapping bill to Gov. Jeff Landry (R) for signing.
Alabama redistricting: Federal appeals court approves Alabama’s racially gerrymandered state legislative maps
Alabama will lose one of its majority-Black legislative state senate seats in a racially gerrymandered map just approved by a federal appeals court.
Louisiana redistricting: State House passes GOP gerrymander, scrapping majority-Black district
The Louisiana House voted 66-35 to eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black congressional seats.
White voters now want to wipe out both of Louisiana’s majority-Black congressional districts
Louisiana suspended an ongoing congressional election to draft and enact a new electoral map eliminating one of the state’s two majority-Black districts barely a month after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out its old one in Callais v. Louisiana. But that’s neither fast enough or far enough for the “non-African American” plaintiffs in Callais.