The Louisiana Legislature’s 2022 decision not to create a majority-Black district in its congressional map, nor add more majority-Black districts to its state House and Senate maps, has led to significant legal battles. Civil rights groups argued that lawmakers violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black votes.
This spring, the Supreme Court approved district boundaries in South Carolina that Republican state legislators claimed were designed to benefit their party. The 1st District, represented by Rep....
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On May 23, 2024, the US Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision permitting racial discrimination in the drawing of voting maps, disregarding the voices of Black voters challenging...
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On Tuesday evening, the United States Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ruled in favor of the NAACP's state conference against the Mississippi Election Commission, concluding that...
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In a significant turn of events, the Wisconsin Supreme Court decided on Friday that ballot drop boxes can be used across communities in the upcoming fall elections, reversing...
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The last two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre have asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to revisit the case dismissed last month, urging the Biden administration...
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