The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday will hear arguments in a lawsuit led by Black Voters Matter (BVM) alleging the state’s Republican-drawn congressional map unconstitutionally diminishes Black voting power in North Florida.
In the 2024 general election, Alabama and Louisiana voters will cast their ballots in new majority-Black electoral districts.
The nation’s most conservative federal appeals court ruled that a coalition of Black and Latino voters who formed a majority-minority district in Galveston County, Texas cannot bring vote-dilution claims under the Voting Rights Act.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) argued a November ballot initiative that aims to end gerrymandering would actually make it worse.
Last Friday, the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and a Black voter agreed to voluntarily dismiss their remaining claim in a federal lawsuit that had originally challenged the state’s congressional map as being racially gerrymandered and intentionally discriminatory.
A federal three-judge panel signed off on a new Michigan state Senate map after striking down a previous set of districts for being racially gerrymandered.
Republican attorneys general pose an ongoing threat to democracy as they continue their attempts to weaken the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and more.
The Utah Supreme Court revived a claim from advocacy organizations and voters alleging that the GOP-controlled state legislature violated the state constitution when it repealed a 2018 voter-approved anti-gerrymandering initiative.
A federal court officially rejected Alabama Republicans’ attempt to drastically weaken part of the Voting Rights Act.
A federal judge ruled yesterday that Dodge City, Kansas’ at-large method for electing members to its city commission does not unlawfully discriminate against Latino voters.