New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission on Feb. 15 has approved a new congressional map proposal. The new map incorporates some minor changes to three competitive districts, although includes no major alterations to the rest of the state’s lines. The proposal is now heading to the Democrat-dominated Legislature, which can either approve or reject it and […]
A federal appeals court has set a mid-January deadline for the Louisiana state legislature to draw up a new congressional map, which comes in a long-running legal dispute that included a lower court ruling that found the current map likely unfairly diluted the power of black voters. A three-judge panel in the 5th Circuit Court […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Alabama lawmakers on Friday approved new district lines six weeks after the surprise U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding a lower court ruling that the state’s previous map—with one black-majority district out of seven in a state that is 27 percent black—likely violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting power of black residents. […]
The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday handed a victory to the state’s Republican legislators by siding with a petition that asked the high court to rehear cases involving election maps and voter identification laws. In a vote along partisan lines, the state’s Supreme Court voted 5–2 to rehear the two cases in March—ones that […]
In Maryland, the state legislature has one more day to redraw its congressional district map. That’s after a state court judge rejected the map on Friday—for what he calls “extreme partisan gerrymandering.” And an expert says challenges to redistricting maps are on the rise across the country.
The plaintiffs in the Alabama redistricting case say the Supreme Court is becoming too politicized. That’s because the Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use newly drawn congressional districts for the midterms. But a lower court found that this weakened black voting power. However, Alabama says it doesn’t want to draw maps primarily based on race.
The Supreme Court of North Carolina ruled against the Republican Party’s redistricting plans for the state of North Carolina in a 4–3 vote on Friday, calling the maps, “unlawful partisan gerrymanders.” All four Democrats on the state’s highest court voted against the plan while the remaining three Republican justices dissented. The court also ordered the […]
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday vetoed a proposed redistricting map that was passed by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature, calling instead for one that redistricts Kansas districts “fairly and constitutionally.” The redistricting map, which would have split Wyandotte County between two Congressional districts for the first time since 1982, comes as Republicans hope to regain a U.S. House majority […]
Four Oregon Republicans filed a lawsuit this week, challenging the Democrats’ redistricting proposal. The GOP alleged that the Democrats’ new maps favor their own party—an action that amounts to partisan gerrymandering.
