Voting Rights Act

The plaintiffs argue that the congressional map with two majority black districts approved by state lawmakers constitutes ‘a brutal racial gerrymander.’

The state claims that a lower court’s decision to strike down the redistricting plan constitutes ‘a federal takeover’ of the state’s electoral system.

Louisiana officials say the court needs to act by May 15 to keep planning for this year’s elections on track.

The judges said that race had played a ‘predominate role’ and that a new congressional district constituted an ‘impermissible racial gerrymander.’

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.