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Jun 09 2023
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Supreme Surprise: Court Upholds Voting Rights Act, Strikes Down Alabama’s Racially Gerrymandered Maps
In a surprise 5-4 decision Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a racially gerrymandered voting map in Alabama, upholding a key plank of the Voting Rights Act that the conservative majority has spent years whittling away at. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh sided with the court’s liberal justices in finding that Alabama’s Republican-drawn congressional districts
Democracy Now!Oct 04 2022
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Alabama’s high-stakes Supreme Court fight over racial gerrymandering, explained
Cases alleging racial gerrymandering are notoriously difficult to litigate, much less to win. And the path that brought Merrill v. Milligan to the Supreme Court — the justices will hear the case on Tuesday — shows why.
The lawsuit deals with Alabama’s congressional maps, which would give only one of the state’s seven congressional districts — 14 percent of the state’s total population
VoxMar 25 2022
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Judge throws out Maryland congressional map over ‘extreme’ gerrymandering
A Maryland judge has thrown out the state’s congressional map, calling it an “extreme partisan gerrymander” in what is a victory for Republicans who said Democrats in the state General Assembly sought to silence their votes.
The ruling Friday by Anne Arundel County Senior Judge Lynne A. Battaglia marks the first time in Maryland history a judge has found a congressional map violated the
Washington PostApr 21 2024
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In D.C.’s Ward 7, a ‘generational’ race to replace council’s Vince Gray
The redistricting, coupled with longtime Democratic council member Vincent C. Gray’s announcement in December that he would not seek reelection, has transformed the political landscape in Ward 7. But no one from the crowded field has emerged as a clear front-runner, even as those in the district say it’s an important time for them to have a decisive leader. Ward 7, they say, has struggled with
Washington PostAug 12 2021
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U.S. to release census data used for legislative redistricting
The U.S. Census Bureau will release data on Thursday from the 2020 census that states will use to draw congressional and state legislative districts for the next decade, marking the start of what will be a fierce partisan battle over redistricting.
Demographers also expect the data to show that the country's white population is declining for the first time in history, with people of
ReutersJul 27 2021
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The completely legal ways US politicians bend redistricting rules – a visual guide
This is why many politicians see redistricting as a way to rig the system in their favor.
Political strategists have long known that they can manipulate the electoral redistricting process.
In 1991, Republican mapmaker Thomas Hofeller said: “I define redistricting as the only legalized form of vote-stealing left in the United States today.” In the following decades, he drew
The GuardianJun 26 2023
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Supreme Court lifts pause on Louisiana redistricting case that could boost Black voting power
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted its hold on a Louisiana case that could force the state to redraw congressional districts to boost Black voting power. The order follows the court's rejection earlier in June of a congressional redistricting map in Alabama and unfreezes the Louisiana case, which had been on hold pending the decision in Alabama. In both states, Black voters are a majority in
Fox News DigitalApr 21 2024
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Slow down the con-con train
Gov. Jeff Landry addresses the Louisiana Legislature at the start of its special session on redistricting and election matters Jan. 15, 2024, at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge Gov. Jeff Landry is pushing for a closed primary election system in Louisiana. (Michael Johnson/The Advocate, Pool) This weekend marks 50 years since Louisiana voters ratified the 1974 state constitution. If Gov. Jeff
Yahoo NewsJun 20 2023
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‘A F*cking Landmine’: Unprecedented Redistricting Is Disrupting All Of Virginia’s State Legislative Primaries
• Virginia’s state legislative primaries on Tuesday are facing new challenges due to unprecedented redistricting by the state Supreme Court in 2021. • This year is the first time Virginia’s General Assembly faces an election with the new districts, prompting mass retirements, incumbents facing each other and delegates running for the state Senate, resulting in a possible generational shift in
The Daily CallerMar 28 2021
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Census data delay scrambles plans for state redistricting
Stymied by delayed census data needed for redistricting, some states are considering postponing their 2022 primaries or turning to other population estimates to start the once-a-decade task of redrawing voting districts used for U.S. House and state legislative elections.
The U.S. Census Bureau was supposed to provide redistricting data to the states by March 31, but after setbacks from
Associated Press