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Alabama

Alabama redistricting: Special master submits three proposed congressional maps | #elections | #alabama

Three proposed Alabama congressional maps will give Alabama’s Black voters a chance of electing their preferred candidates in two of the state’s seven congressional districts, a person overseeing the maps told a federal court Monday. Richard Allen, the special master assigned by the three-judge panel overseeing Alabama’s redistricting process, wrote in a 44-page report that […]

Alabama

Anti-democratic moves by state lawmakers raise fears for 2024 election | #elections | #alabama

In Wisconsin, Republican lawmakers are threatening to impeach both the state’s election administrator, who is highly regarded nationally, and a state Supreme Court justice despite a ruling by the state’s judicial commission that the justice had done nothing wrong — effectively nullifying a recent statewide election she won, Democrats say. In North Carolina, a bill […]

Alabama

Court cases lead to new voting districts in some states. Could it affect control of Congress? | #elections | #alabama

Since most Americans last voted for Congress, thousands of people have been added to certain voting districts — and subtracted from others — under new political maps enacted following court rulings. The sum of that redistricting math, assuming no major political shift in either major party’s direction, figures to provide at least a one-seat gain […]

City Council

Detroit approves new city council district maps | #citycouncil

Detroit City Council has selected a new map for the purpose of redrawing city council districts. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The city’s Law Department submitted three proposed changes to Detroit’s seven council districts in November to reflect the 2020 Census data, as […]

Alabama

Which states could get new congressional maps in 2024? | #elections | #alabama

Last week, Louisiana’s state legislature passed a new congressional map, which Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed into law on Monday. A federal court had previously ruled that the state’s map violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black representation. To avoid further litigation or even a court-drawn map, Louisiana’s Republican-controlled government implemented a second majority-Black […]

Arkansas

Federal appeals court won’t rehear closely watched Arkansas redistricting case

A federal appeals court on Tuesday declined to reconsider a ruling that private individuals can’t sue under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits abridging the right to vote on the basis of race. The panel’s majority cited largely procedural issues in its decision to deny the request for the full 8th Circuit […]

Alabama

Federal appeals court dismisses Arkansas redistricting lawsuit | #elections | #alabama

This story was originally published on Arkansas Advocate. A federal appeals panel on Monday affirmed a lower court’s ruling and dismissed a case challenging Arkansas’ state redistricting map, asserting that only the United States attorney general can enforce the Voting Rights Act. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that […]

Alabama

Black voting power gets boost in Alabama as new US House districts chosen by federal judges | #elections | #alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal judges on Thursday selected new congressional lines for Alabama to give the Deep South state a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate. The new map sets the stage for potentially flipping one U.S. House of Representatives seat from Republican to Democratic control and could […]

Alabama

Power Is On the Line as Lawmakers Draw New Political Districts | #elections | #alabama

When state lawmakers meet this week to redraw Georgia’s political maps, a national audience will follow the debate over the creation of an additional court-ordered majority Black district in west metro Atlanta. But Georgia political observers say the forced reworking of the state’s legislative maps could also prove consequential. Lawmakers have until Dec. 8 to […]

Alabama

New Mexico Supreme Court upholds congressional map | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld a Democratic-drawn congressional map that divvied up a conservative, oil-producing region and reshaped a swing district along the U.S. border with Mexico, in an order published Monday.All five justices signed a shortly worded order to affirm a lower court decision that the redistricting plan […]