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Federal judges uphold several North Carolina U.S. House districts drawn by Republicans
The 2023 map helped turn a 7-7 North Carolina delegation into one in which Republicans won 10 of the 14 seats in 2024.
Tagged Voting Rights Act
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Supreme Court takes up GOP-led challenge to Voting Rights Act that could affect control of Congress
The court’s conservative majority has been skeptical of considerations of race.
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Decision pending on federal lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s voting maps
‘Obviously, there are a lot of skirmishes that we’re going to see with redistricting around the country, and that’s just part of the process.’
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Democrats try again to revive the Voting Rights Act but face long odds
‘Democracy is the very house in which we live. It is the framework in which we get to fight for the things that we care about.’
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Judges to weigh request to put Alabama under preclearance for a future congressional map
‘Alabama sought to ignore, evade, and strategically frustrate attempts to remedy racial discrimination.’
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Donald Trump signs order seeking to overhaul U.S. elections, including requiring proof of citizenship
Trump has focused particularly on mail voting, arguing without evidence that it’s insecure and invites fraud.
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Alabama’s congressional map at stake in federal Voting Rights Act trial
‘We will show in the coming weeks that Alabama’s congressional redistricting plan is lawful, whether or not it favors Democrats as much as plaintiffs would prefer.’
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Trial starts in case that seeks more Black justices on Mississippi’s highest court
‘The reason for this persistent underrepresentation is that Mississippi employs Supreme Court district boundaries that dilute the voting strength of Black Mississippians in Supreme Court elections.’
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Appeals court: Separate, distinct minority groups can’t join together to claim vote dilution
‘Today, the majority finally dismantled the effectiveness of the Voting Rights Act in this circuit, leaving four decades of en banc precedent flattened in its wake.’
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Mississippi erases some restrictions on absentee voting help for people with disabilities
Democratic lawmakers who opposed the 2023 law said it was vague and could hurt candidates, campaign workers, nursing home employees or others who make good-faith efforts to help people obtain and mail absentee ballots.