Jul. 1—An Ohio political group hand delivered more than 731,000 petition signatures to the secretary of state’s doorstep on Monday with the hope that it’s enough to allow Ohioans to vote on redistricting reform this November. Signature verification by the state is set to follow. At least 413,487 of those signatures need to be valid, […]
Louisiana Rep. Garret Graves announced Friday that he would not seek re-election following a redistricting battle that was recently decided by the Supreme Court. In a statement announcing his decision, the Republican lawmaker cited redistricting and said that “running for Congress this year does not make sense.” “It is evident that a run in any […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina judges deciding whether a redistricting lawsuit claiming a state constitutional right to “fair” elections can go to trial questioned Thursday their ability to scrutinize district boundaries that way or to define what “fair” means. A panel of three trial judges listened to arguments on a motion by Republican legislative […]
A Pasco state senator says she doesn’t plan on moving anytime soon to run in a new legislative district after a boundary change effectively ousted her from the 15th District. Nikki Torres, R-Pasco, sent a news release this week endorsing a fellow Republican in the neighboring 14th Legislative District, clarifying that she does not plan […]
Apr. 1—Native American voting rights advocates are celebrating what they call a victory in a redistricting case that ended with an out-of-court settlement in San Juan County. Plaintiffs in the case said the rights of Navajo voters to choose county commissioners who best represent their interests were at stake in the lawsuit, which was filed […]
Republicans eked out a narrow win in the 2024 redistricting wars, gaining a single seat before the general election. While there’s an outside chance of another last-minute redistricting before November, after two significant court rulings this week the House landscape is largely locked in place — and the GOP is breathing a sigh of relief […]
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has delayed resolving a South Carolina redistricting case for so long that a lower court has been forced to step in, saying on Thursday that a congressional district it previously ruled was racially gerrymandered can be used in this year’s election. Last year, a federal court ruled that the Charleston-area […]
TALLAHASSEE — A three-judge federal panel Wednesday rejected a constitutional challenge to a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Legislature in 2022, saying opponents did not prove lawmakers acted with “racially discriminatory purpose.” The decision was the second time in less than four months that courts have upheld the map in […]
Two former Ohio Supreme Court justices say voter-approved changes to curb partisan gerrymandering failed because of one simple reason: self-serving politicians. Former Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, a Republican, and former Justice Yvette McGee Brown, a Democrat, instead pitched their proposal to replace elected officials with a 15-member citizen commission to draw congressional […]
Supreme Court showdowns. Closed-door negotiations. And millions of dollars in litigation. After months of legal and legislative skirmishes around the country, much of the redistricting drama of the 2024 election cycle is behind us. And it has ended pretty close to where it began: Just a handful of seats could determine which party controls the […]
In a win for Republicans, the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid by Democrats to revisit the state’s congressional maps that were signed into law last month. The brief order did not lay out the reasoning of the court’s majority, nor did it specify the position of each of the seven members. The […]
MADISON, Wis. — The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Democratic lawsuit that sought to throw out the battleground state’s congressional maps, marking a victory for Republicans who argued against the court taking up the case. The decision leaves the state’s current congressional district boundaries in place for the November election. The decision […]