Only a fraction of Alabama voters turned out this week to vote in an unusual second primary election, though more than half of the state’s congressional districts were on the ballot.
Missouri’s Supreme Court is already eyeing legal challenges to the state’s citizen-led redistricting referendum case – even before the first judge has had a chance to rule – warning lower courts not to dawdle.
A Texas county told the state Supreme Court it can change its voting maps between its primary and November general election — doubling down on what pro-voting plaintiffs warn could be replicated across the state to undermine the will of the voters.
Voters in four of Alabama’s seven congressional districts are casting votes again today in an unusual second primary as a consequence of the GOP’s 11th-hour gerrymander after the May primary had already begun.
With the clock ticking toward a Sept. 8 deadline for Missouri courts to order changes to the November ballot, Republicans are reusing tried-and-true delay tactics in an attempt to kill a voter referendum on the GOP’s latest gerrymander.
If voters were to approve the measure, it would allow Democrats to redraw Maryland’s congressional map to counter recent GOP gerrymanders ahead of the 2028 presidential election.
In what could signal an alarming new precedent, a Texas county revealed it plans to move some local candidates to new districts under a revised map drafted between the primary and general elections.
Currently, Republicans hold only one seat in the Maryland congressional delegation, but the redistricting proposal aims to flip that seat to Democrats.
Voting advocates filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a state court to quickly put a redistricting referendum on the November ballot.
Maryland lawmakers approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would clear a major legal obstacle to redrawing the state’s congressional map before 2028, giving voters the final say on whether Maryland can fight back against President Donald Trump’s expanding wave of GOP gerrymanders