The civil rights groups, Black voters and state Republican officialsasked the Supreme Courtto put the panel's ruling on hold and allow it to use the new map for upcoming elections. While the lower court judges had set an early-June deadline for voting lines to be redrawn, the state argue...
The most recent congressional map, enacted in January after federal courts rejected earlier voting bounds, remains in place for the upcoming election, as the Supreme Court in Maygave the green lightfor it to be used this cycle. A three-judge district court panel had blocked the state...
In Louisiana, U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick struck down the map in June 2022 for violating the Voting Rights Act, saying “evidence of Louisiana’s long and ongoing history of voting-related discrimination weighs heavily in favor of Plaintiffs.” Dick ordered lawmakers...
In Louisiana, U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick struck down the map in June 2022 for violating the Voting Rights Act, saying “evidence of Louisiana’s long and ongoing history of voting-related discrimination weighs heavily in favor of Plaintiffs.” Dick ordered lawmakers to...
A lawsuit challenging Alabama's congressional map based on the Voting Rights Act reached the U.S. Supreme Court in February. Five of the nine-member court's conservative justices voted to overturn a lower court's ruling and allow the map to be used in November's election,...
On Aug. 18, 1920, The San Francisco Call summed up the spirit of theNineteenth Amendmentwith a single headline. More than 40 years after it was introduced in 1878, the amendment granted women's suffrage in one of the most significant expansions of the voting franchise in American history....
States will receive$400 million to make adjustments to the voting process for the 2020 presidential election, including the expansion of early voting, online registration, and the ability for voters to cast ballots by mail. $324 million for the State Department ...
While proceedings in the case continued, the Supreme Courtruled in favor of Black voterswho challenged the congressional voting lines in Alabama and upheld a lower court decision that found that map likely violated Section 2. On the heels of that decision, the high courtcleared the wayfor...
While proceedings in the case continued, the Supreme Courtruled in favor of Black voterswho challenged the congressional voting lines in Alabama and upheld a lower court decision that found that map likely violated Section 2. On the heels of that decision, the high courtcleared the wayfor Louis...