NAACP asks court to block new Texas congressional map
The civil rights group argues the state has engaged in racial gerrymandering to prevent Black voters from electing candidates of...
Texas House advances new election map; Senate approves plan to Governor’s desk
The new map aims to flip five Democratic-held U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterm elections.
Federal judge rules Mississippi Supreme Court election map dilutes Black voters, violates Voting Rights Act, and orders maps to be redrawn
A federal judge has ruled that Mississippi's current Supreme Court electoral map unlawfully dilutes the voting power of Black citizens,...
Federal judges uphold Florida Senate map, reject Black voter dilution claims
Plaintiffs claim the 2022 district map dilutes Black voters in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties, violating the Equal Protection Clause and...
Federal judge rules Alabama Senate map violates Voting Rights Act, orders new majority-Black district
A federal judge ruled Friday that Alabama’s current state Senate district map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of...
California ballot measure proposes new congressional map in response to Texas’ mid-decade redistricting
California voters will decide on Proposition 50 in November, which would shift redistricting power to the legislature if approved.
Supreme Court sets arguments in Louisiana redistricting case for October
Does the State’s intentional creation of a second majority‑minority congressional district violate the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S....
Appeals court panel affirms Louisiana’s legislative map violate the Voting Rights Act
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling blocking Louisiana’s legislative maps, finding the state ‘packed’ and ‘cracked’...
North Carolina redistricting trial concludes
A federal trial over challenges to North Carolina’s congressional and legislative maps concluded in June, with a ruling expected later...
Supreme Court halts lower court ruling blocking private lawsuits under the Voting Rights Act
These states include North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, and Minnesota.
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