Wisconsin Voters With Disabilities Say Their Right To Vote Is At Risk
From today’s NPR News Online: Twenty-seven years ago, Martha Chambers was injured in a horseback riding accident that left her paralyzed from the neck down. “I use my mouth to…
Voting Rights Groups Seek Injunction of FL Congressional Redistricting Plan
From today’s Tampa Bay Times: Focusing on a North Florida district that has become a legal and political battleground, voting rights groups and other plaintiffs are seeking a temporary injunction…
NY Court Throws Out Congressional Maps Favoring Democrats
From today’s CBS News Online: New York’s highest state court ruled Wednesday that the legislature violated the state’s 2014 redistricting reform by taking over the redrawing of its congressional lines…
Judge Strikes Down Kansas Electoral Map, Finding GOP Lawmakers Intended to Dilute Minority Votes
From today’s Kansas City Star: A Kansas judge on Monday tossed the state’s Republican-drawn congressional map, finding the Legislature intentionally diluted minority votes in a partisan and political gerrymander that…
Florida Republicans Pass Congressional Map Severely Limiting Black Voters
From today’s The Guardian: Florida Republicans approved a new congressional map that severely curtails Black voting power in the state on Thursday, taking a final vote as Black lawmakers staged…
Texas Uses Redistricting Lawsuits to Launch Broader War on Voting Rights
From today’s Texas Tribune: Beyond the immediate legal fight over whether Texas lawmakers again discriminated against voters of color when drawing new political districts, a quieter war is being waged…
Michigan Congressional Districts Upheld by Judges Despite GOP Challenge
From today’s Detroit Free Press: Michigan’s congressional districts — drawn for the first time by an independent redistricting commission — survived a legal challenge from Republicans with a Friday ruling…
Indigenous Nations Sue North Dakota over ‘Sickening’ Gerrymandering
Friom today’s The Guardian: Days before a new legislative map for North Dakota was set to be introduced in the state house, leaders of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa…
A ‘Master Class’ in Gerrymandering, This Time Led by New York Democrats
From today’s New York Times: Democrats across the nation have spent years railing against partisan gerrymandering, particularly in Republican states — most recently trying to pass federal voting rights legislation…
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In North Carolina, a Pitched Battle Over Gerrymandering and Justices
From today’s New York Times: It is the state that put the hyper in partisan politics, setting the blunt-force standard for battles over voting rights and gerrymanders that are now…