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Alabama Redistricting Committee Defies SCOTUS Milligan Decision, Again Proposing Only One Majority Black Congressional District

July 18, 2023December 30, 2023

Democracy advocates in Alabama are incredulous after an Alabama state legislative committee passed a new Congressional voting district map on Monday which again proposed only one majority Black district.

New York Court Sends Congressional Redistricting Map Back to Independent Commission; SCOTUS Sets Date to Consider South Carolina Congressional Map

July 17, 2023July 17, 2023

Thursday, a New York state appeals court ordered a redrawing of the state’s Congressional districts. The next day, the U.S. Supreme Court set a date for a South Carolina case which could greenlight MORE gerrymandering.

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Report Recommends Changes to Reduce Barriers to Voting for South Dakota’s Native Americans

July 13, 2023July 16, 2023

We’re in South Dakota today where a new report issued by the bipartisan U.S. Commission on Civil Rights found that Native Americans still face barriers to voting, like distance to a polling place, gerrymandered districts, and confusing voter ID rules.

Impacts of Recent SCOTUS Decisions on Gerrymandering in Alabama, North Carolina, Louisiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin

July 4, 2023July 4, 2023

U.S. Supreme decisions in Moore v. Harper and Milligan v. Merrill set in motion changes to gerrymandered maps in Alabama, North Carolina, Louisiana, Ohio & potentially Wisconsin.

U.S. Supreme Court Tamps Down the Fringe “Independent State Legislature” Theory in an Important Decision for Democracy

June 28, 2023June 28, 2023

We now have a decision in Moore v. Harper, the “Independent State Legislature” theory case which had pro-voter advocates concerned for the future of voting rights. June 28th, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that state courts DO have a say in election law, and that power doesn’t reside exclusively in state legislatures.