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After a Federal Court Mandate, Georgia Lawmakers Add Majority-Minority Districts – But Still Gerrymander the Maps

December 6, 2023December 6, 2023

October 26th, a federal circuit court judge ordered Georgia’s redistricting maps to be redrawn to include majority-minority “opportunity districts” for Congress, state senate and state house. Legislators appear to be manipulating the new maps, too.

In Landmark Ruling, Alaska Supreme Court Rules that Gerrymandering is Unconstitutional

April 23, 2023May 4, 2023

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday, April 21st that partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional, invalidating the 2022 maps drawn from a redistricting commission which had strayed from its constitutional intent to be nonpartisan.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Has Huge State & National Implications

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023

Wisconsin has been in the news a lot lately: Gerrymandering, a misguided $2 million dollar review of 2020 election results, and admissions of racial voter suppression efforts in Milwaukee. But no story is more important than its state supreme election with huge state and national implications.