To protect voting rights after Callais, we need to invest in red states
The deeper lesson of Callais is not just that we must fight back. It’s that the people who actually live in these states have been fighting all along and all alone.
Redistricting
Missouri redistricting opponents file new lawsuit aimed at blocking GOP map for 2026 election
After months of legal battles, Missouri redistricting opponents are asking a court to stop state officials from using delay tactics to put a new gerrymander in place for the 2026 midterms.
Indiana Dems don’t want GOP election official to oversee tight primary recount
Indiana Democrats are calling on their state’s anti-voting Secretary of State Diego Morales (R) to recuse himself from overseeing the recount process for a close state senate primary election between a Republican incumbent and a challenger supported by President Donald Trump.
Alabama voters navigate primary election confusion after 11th-hour gerrymander
As Alabama voters head to the polls Tuesday to choose primary nominees for the 2026 midterm elections, confusion reigns.
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.
In Georgia primaries, voting rights take center stage
As Georgia voters head to the polls in Tuesday’s primaries, Democratic governor candidates seek pole position on voting rights.
Supreme Court refuses to restore Virginia redistricting plan approved by voters
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Virginia Democrats’ emergency request to revive a voter-approved plan that would have allowed the state to redraw its congressional map in response to Republican gerrymanders in other states.
South Carolina redistricting: Dems slam GOP colleagues amid rush to pass gerrymander
“The ease of which you bend the knee to your lord and savior Donald Trump, I just don’t understand,” Rep. Heather Bauer said to her Republican colleagues. “It’s not fair to South Carolinians.”
‘Staggering’ evidence of partisanship: Florida court hears arguments for blocking GOP gerrymander
Florida Republicans’ new gerrymandered congressional map violates a voter-approved state ban on partisan gerrymandering, voting advocates argued Friday, asking a court to block the state from using the map in the 2026 elections.
Texas Supreme Court rejects attempt to expel Democrats for blocking gerrymander, in blow to Abbott
The Texas Supreme Court has rejected an effort by GOP officials to expel Democratic lawmakers who briefly fled the state last summer in an attempt to prevent Republicans from passing a partisan gerrymander.