The conservatives who run the county are redrawing maps not in the spirit of fairness but in the pursuit of control. What is happening in Tarrant County is not just a local issue. It is a warning to the nation.
The Republicans who run one of Texas’ biggest counties have recruited the national GOP’s top map-drawer, as well as a leading Washington D.C.-based voter suppression group, to ram through a new gerrymander that aims to expand their majority.
Alabama Republican lawmakers said in a pleading Wednesday they will forgo drawing a new congressional map before 2030 to prevent the state from being put under federal supervision for its voting laws.
The ruling applies in seven states and further weakens the ability of the landmark civil rights law to protect voters.
A federal court ruled that Alabama’s 2023 congressional map violates both the Voting Rights Act and the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.
The race has become the most expensive judicial election in U.S. history.
SCOTUS heard oral argument in a pivotal Louisiana redistricting case that could upend the VRA.
Democracy Docket is liveblogging oral argument in the latest SCOTUS redistricting case.
“It feels like whatever the SCOTUS ruling is, this is just going to be a sort of an ongoing, non-stop battle.”
Litigation is ongoing, with a coalition of pro-voting groups continuing their legal efforts for fair maps in Texas.