Voting Rights Act

800,000 non-citizens won’t be able to vote in New York City’s municipal elections because an appellate court found the new city law unconstitutional.

A federal court is expected to select electoral maps before the state’s primary in August.

A federal judge finds after a non-jury trial that election watchdogs making voter registration challenges did not violate the Voting Rights Act.

Not taking the case, a decision to which three liberal justices dissented, is considered a victory for Republicans in Texas.

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a key ruling against the Voting Rights Act.

A federal appeals court has dealt a blow to the ability of private individuals and groups to sue over congressional maps claiming racial discrimination.

Democrat-appointed judge ordered Republican legislature to create one new black-majority congressional district and seven such districts for state elections.

Republicans are expected to challenge the map but any new lawsuits are unlikely to be resolved before the 2024 elections.

Alabama petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to temporarily halt a lower court’s decision that blocks the state’s recently redrawn congressional map.

States are warily watching how a three-justice U.S. District Court panel resolves an Alabama lawsuit challenging the state’s post-2020 Census reapportionment maps under Section II of the Voting Rights Act.

Holder spoke emphatically about something he has frequently vocalized throughout his six-year tenure.

There is an iconic picture of Dr. King marching in Selma next to his wife, Coretta, alongside John Lewis and others. The caption reflects the resilience of footsteps past: “1965: Voteless Then, Never Again!”