In a catastrophic 2-1 ruling, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that private litigants can no longer bring lawsuits under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA).
With 66.8% of the vote, Nancy Landry (R) won Louisiana’s secretary of state race against her opponent Gwen Collins-Greenup (D) over the weekend.
A federal judge ruled today that North Dakota’s legislative districts violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting Native American voting strength.
Yesterday, pro-voting groups asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift the 5th Circuit’s pause of a decision ordering Galveston County, Texas to redraw its commissioners court districts.
New York’s highest court held oral argument today in a redistricting lawsuit to determine if the state will have a new congressional map before 2024, a much-anticipated decision that could impact control of Congress.
New York’s highest court will hold oral argument today in a redistricting lawsuit to determine if the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) must reconvene to draw a new congressional map.
As of Nov. 3, Republican litigants in two federal redistricting lawsuits challenging Washington State’s legislative districts have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Today, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a 2022 decision that blocked Louisiana’s congressional map, but created a timeline for a new, fair map to be implemented before the 2024 elections.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals called for the reconsideration of its prior precedent concerning Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, but affirmed that Galveston County, Texas violated Section 2.
The impact of the new maps — on state and national politics and on the lives of North Carolinians — will be profound.
