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Is Voting a Fundamental Right? The Kansas Supreme Court Hears a Case Where the State Argues It’s Not.

November 7, 2023November 13, 2023

In defense of two restrictive voting laws, the State of Kansas argued to the Kansas Supreme Court Friday that voting is NOT a fundamental state constitutional right, as an appeals court had ruled.

Three Democracy Court Cases in Wisconsin May Impact Election Administration, Gerrymandering and Absentee Ballots

November 1, 2023December 28, 2023

We’re back in Wisconsin where three democracy lawsuits may have an impact on the state’s election administration, access to absentee ballots, and gerrymandered voting districts.

The North Carolina Legislature’s Congressional Maps Go From Gerrymandered to Fair to Even More Gerrymandered in Two Years

October 23, 2023December 28, 2023

Oct.19th, the North Carolina Senate Redistricting Committee presented its latest Congressional redistricting maps. After three years of wrangling, including two state supreme court cases and a U.S. Supreme Court case, it’s now MORE gerrymandered than its original 2021 map.

Kentucky’s Constitution Mandates “Free & Equal” Elections. Are the Commonwealth’s Manipulated Voting District Maps Legal?

September 24, 2023December 29, 2023

The Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments September 19th on whether the “free and equal elections” provision in the Commonwealth’s constitution prohibits partisan gerrymandering of its voting districts.

New Mexico Redistricting Case One of the First to Employ a Partisan Gerrymandering Test Proposed by U.S. Supreme Court’s Justice Kagan

August 28, 2023December 30, 2023

An unusual New Mexico redistricting case reaches a state district court next month. Unusual in that it’s Republicans claiming that Democrats did the partisan gerrymandering, but also that it will be one of the first cases to employ a partisan gerrymandering test suggested by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan.