Congress defeated Southern resistance to the Voting Rights Act once; it can do it again
Voters today must demand representatives who will once again restore voting rights and rein in an antidemocratic Court.
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At Senate hearing, GOP plots to minimize power of Black voters after Callais
Senate Republicans celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent kneecapping of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) by plotting paths forward for right-wing lawyers and elected officials to further erode minority electoral power at a hearing Tuesday.
Trump endorses Texas AG Ken Paxton for Senate, citing support for SAVE Act
When President Donald Trump announced he was endorsing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in Texas’ U.S. Senate primary, he appeared to have one thing at the front of his mind: the SAVE America Act.
This week at Democracy Docket: The GOP’s rush to kill off Black political power continues — but there’s also reason for hope
At Democracy Docket, we’re proud of the enterprise journalism we publish. But some weeks, our focus is simply on keeping our readers up to date with what’s happening.
Trump seeks passage of SAVE America Act via housing and FISA bills
Trump rants on Truth Social that the anti-voting SAVE America Act should be passed by attaching it to pending legislation regarding housing and foreign intelligence surveillance.
In win for voters, Montana court blocks Republican-backed attack on Election Day registration
In a major win for Montana voters, a court blocked a voter suppression law that would’ve cut off Election Day registration for federal elections at noon — preserving an essential voting option Montanans have used for decades ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Tennessee governor signs aggressive GOP gerrymander into law
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed a series of laws Thursday to approve the GOP’s new congressional map that eliminates the state’s only Black-majority district and its lone Democratic seat.
‘Jim Crow on steroids’: Tennessee gerrymander included nixing rule that voters must be notified about new districts
In the aggressive congressional gerrymander they adopted Thursday, Tennessee Republicans also removed a provision in state law requiring the government to alert voters about changes to their designated polling places when electoral lines are redrawn.
Heeding Trump, Tennessee GOP repeals state law to pass new map carving up majority-black district
The GOP-held Tennessee General Assembly Thursday changed state law to adopt a new congressional map that dilutes the state’s only Black-majority district and breaks up its lone Democratic seat.
Alabama races toward final votes to gerrymander elections already underway
If allowed by federal courts to go into effect, the maps would immediately strip Black voters in the state of political representation in the wake of last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act.