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Federal Courts Leave Racially Gerrymandered South Carolina, North Carolina & Florida Maps in Place for 2024 Election

March 31, 2024March 31, 2024

Three federal court actions last week in South Carolina, North Carolina and Florida cases let stand racially-gerrymandered maps diluting Black voting power. Those diluted maps neutralize the voice of Black voters in those districts for 2024.

NC Legislature’s Stripping of Governor’s Appointment Power to Election Boards Overturned; SCOTUS Decision Expected in SC Gerrymandering Case

March 13, 2024March 13, 2024

A North Carolina appeals court struck down the state legislature’s new law removing the governor’s appointment power for election boards. And a decision in a South Carolina gerrymandering case from the U.S. Supreme Court may be released shortly.

After Cleaning Up Gerrymandered State Senate & Assembly Districts, the Wisconsin Supreme Court Passes on Congressional Districts

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

March 1st, the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the state’s Congressional districts, after throwing out state assembly and senate maps as unconstitutional late last year.

John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Reintroduced to Restore VRA “Preclearance” Requirements for States with Ongoing Voter Suppression

March 3, 2024March 4, 2024

The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act has been reintroduced in Congress, backed by virtually every civil rights and democracy organization in the country. What is this landmark bill, and why should you – and Congress – care about it?

WI Gov. Signs Fairer Maps, MO High Court Rejects Challenge to State Senate Map, and NV’s Redistricting Commission Ballot Question Struck Down

February 20, 2024February 20, 2024

Wisconsin’s governor signed off on state legislative maps February 19th, fixing some of the worst gerrymandering in the U.S. Missouri’s Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the state senate map, and a Nevada court rejected a citizen ballot initiative to implement an independent redistricting commission.