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Tennessee Supreme Court Stays Order for New State Senate Maps, Likely Keeping Gerrymandered Maps for 2024 and Protecting GOP Supermajority

December 11, 2023December 11, 2023

Just a week after a lower court upheld state House maps and ordered new state Senate voting district maps, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled – for the second time – that it would temporarily keep both partisan gerrymandered maps in place.

Appeals Court (Finally) Finds Louisiana Congressional Map was Discriminatory; Orders New Maps to Be Drawn by January 15

November 13, 2023November 13, 2023

After multiple appeals, Louisiana is close to getting fair Congressional maps for the 2024 election, after a November 10th appeals court decision directed the legislature to draw new maps by January 15th.

Federal Appeals Court Sides With Florida Legislature, Upholding Restrictions on Voter Assistance and Mail-In Voting

September 26, 2023December 29, 2023

September 21st, a federal appeals court refused to rehear a challenge to Florida’s restrictive voting law SB 90, letting an April 2023 appeals decision stand. Florida voters who use mail-in voting should be paying attention.

Rebroadcast: Learn How the Shelby County v. Holder Decision Unleashed New Barriers to Voting

August 23, 2023December 30, 2023

Brian is off today, leading a training. Every voter should know and understand the basics of the Shelby County decision changed American Democracy, and not for the better. The current conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court unleashed anti-voter and racist state legislatures kept in check for decades by "pre-clearance" requirements to once again push the limits of voter suppression.