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...
saying “evidence of Louisiana’s long and ongoing history of voting-related discrimination weighs heavily in favor of Plaintiffs.” Dick ordered lawmakers to hold a special session to redesign the map and include a second majority-Black district. However, lawmakers...
Alaska Democratic Party spokeswoman Jeanne Devon told CNBC that "at this time,we have not changed plans for our last-chance in-person voting on April 4, but we are paying close attention for guidance from local health authorities." In response to Louisiana's decision to postpone the...
Supreme Court justice from 1894 until his death in 1921, voting with the majority on Plessy v. Ferguson and other decisions upholding racial segregation and stripping Black Americans of civil rights. Most of the City Council asked in August for the statue's removal, calling its prominent ...
agrees to redraw voting lines that lawsuit said disenfranchised residents of color a new york county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color associated press jan. 23, 2025 police in alabama city roiled by ...
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New election laws targeting mail-in voting could make it more difficult for voters with disabilities to cast their ballots, with thousands potentially unable to vote in the 2024 race in Louisiana. CBS News reporter Kati Weis spoke with one woman at the heart of a legal battle looking to overt...