Florida Supreme Court rejects challenge to mid-decade congressional redistricting
In January, Governor Ron DeSantis called for a special legislative session beginning April 20 to reapportion Florida’s 28 U.S. House...
In January, Governor Ron DeSantis called for a special legislative session beginning April 20 to reapportion Florida’s 28 U.S. House...
In the lawsuit Harris v. DeSoto County, filed in September 2024, plaintiffs argue that the county’s current five-district plan violates Section...
A federal judge has ordered Mississippi to hold special elections for the state's Supreme Court after ruling that the state’s decades-old judicial...
Known as the John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey, the bill (A1715) passed the lower chamber in a...
The number of Black people living in the United States reached 49.2 million in 2024, marking the largest tally on...
The remarks, delivered in separate venues, highlight a deepening divide within the Supreme Court over the use of emergency powers...
Christian Menefee has emerged victorious in the special election runoff to fill the remainder of the late Sylvester Turner’s term,...
The NAACP, which first filed the lawsuit in 2018, had argued that the voter ID law discriminates against Black and...
Plaintiffs who challenged North Carolina’s new congressional map in federal court have dropped their lawsuits.
A federal court has ordered a significant redrawing of two state Senate districts in the Montgomery, Alabama area, finding that...

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