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Radical Decision by Appeals Court in Arkansas Case Greenlights North Dakota Appeal to Restore Maps Designed to Suppress Native American Voting Power

November 27, 2023November 28, 2023

A radical decision last week in an Arkansas racial gerrymandering case stopped voters and democracy groups from suing under the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The State of North Dakota took advantage of the decision to appeal to have their racially discriminating gerrymandered maps restored, struck down after a lower court found they suppressed Native American voting power.

Oral Arguments Heard by the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Constitutionality of the the State’s Extreme Gerrymandered Maps

November 22, 2023November 23, 2023

After months of campaigning, intrigue, impeachment threats, and partisan hard ball, oral arguments were finally heard November 21st on the constitutionality of extreme gerrymanders in Wisconsin’s state assembly and senate maps.

Why was California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission Successful, While New York’s Commission Resulted in Gerrymandering & Court Cases?

November 20, 2023November 20, 2023

While New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission struggled, the successful California Citizen Redistricting Commission maps were passed unanimously in 2021 with no litigation. New York’s commission deadlocked, and was overruled by a Democratic-dominated legislature which drew its own gerrymandered maps. Those were later thrown out by the court, and the Congressional map is STILL being contested.

Will an Appeal Give New York’s Bipartisan Redistricting Committee Another Chance to Draw Fair Maps?

November 19, 2023November 19, 2023

In 2014, a New York constitutional amendment created the New York Independent Redistricting Commission. But the redistricting commission lacked both independence and authority, and the 2021 maps ended up in the legislature and ultimately the courts. The Congressional map was in court again last week.

Three Democracy Court Cases in Wisconsin May Impact Election Administration, Gerrymandering and Absentee Ballots

November 1, 2023December 28, 2023

We’re back in Wisconsin where three democracy lawsuits may have an impact on the state’s election administration, access to absentee ballots, and gerrymandered voting districts.