With chants of "people over politics," group speaks out against Moore v. Harper case
Voting rights advocates in Greensboro rallied against a North Carolina case that’s now being heard in the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Who counts as Black in voting maps? Some GOP state officials want that narrowed
Republican officials in Louisiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to set a narrower definition of "Black" for redistricting that excludes some Black people and could minimize their voting power.
Criticism over latest NC redistricting back at Supreme Court
North Carolina’s Supreme Court returned to the state’s recent divisive round of redistricting on Tuesday, as justices heard further challenges to General Assembly and congressional district lines g
In a time of national division, polarizing primaries are part of the problem
It is said the best medicine for what ails democracy is more democracy. But what does more democracy mean? If it just means more of the kind of politics we have now then it hardly offers a remedy.
New York's top court rejects congressional maps drawn by Democrats
The state's highest court rejected new maps widely seen as favoring Democrats. The court largely agreed with Republican voters who argued the district boundaries were unconstitutionally gerrymandered.
New congressional maps may be more balanced but less competitive
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed North Carolina's court-imposed congressional maps to stand, it means some changes for Triad area voters.
NC GOP House leaders ask U.S. Supreme Court to block new maps
North Carolina Republican lawmakers have asked the U.S.
NC 2nd-chance redistricting finalized; maps now go to court
The North Carolina legislature on Thursday completed new redistricting plans that Republicans contend will meet fairness directives of state justices who struck down previously approved maps as illegal partisan gerrymanders that penalized Democrats.
La. Senate candidate Gary Chambers burns a Confederate flag in his new campaign ad
The Democratic U.S. Senate candidate from Louisiana made headlines last month by smoking marijuana in a campaign ad. Now he's back with another lighter and a message about gerrymandering.