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The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Tuesday denied the City of Jacksonville’s request to stay a redistricting case between the city and civil rights groups. The stay would have allowed the city to use newly drawn voting district maps in upcoming elections. As it stands, a preliminary injunction prevents the maps from [...]

The US Supreme Court last week denied a petition from Pennsylvania Republicans to invalidate the state legislative maps adopted by the 2021 Pennsylvania Legislative Redistricting Commission. This leaves in place a ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that okayed the maps, a win for fair district advocates in the run-up to the November 8 midterms. [...]

Several citizens groups Tuesday sued the City of Buffalo, alleging their redistricting “failed to meet the basic requirements of the law.” The complaint states that the city of Buffalo engaged in “non-compliance and arbitrary process” in its redistricting, and that the Citizens Commission, elected officials charged with redistricting, violated both New York state law and the [...]

The US Supreme Court Tuesday heard oral arguments in Merrill v. Milligan to determine whether Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan for the US House of Representatives violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The lawsuit first arose back in November 2021 when Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed the congressional plan allowing one majority Black [...]

The Ohio Supreme Court Tuesday held that the state congressional district plan violates the Ohio Constitution. The Ohio Redistricting Commission adopted the congressional district plan at issue in March. The Ohio legislature adopted a previous congressional district plan in November 2021, but the Ohio Supreme Court invalidated the legislature’s plan as unduly favoring the Republican [...]

The US Supreme Court announced Thursday that it will hear a controversial election case which deals with an emerging legal theory based on the elections clause of the US Constitution. The theory claims that under the elections clause, state legislatures have unchecked power to determine election policy and implementation, and that power cannot be checked [...]

The Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court’s First Judicial Department Friday declared the New York State Assembly’s redistricting map adopted in February as unconstitutional and void. Gary Greenberg, a Democratic activist, last month brought the lawsuit against Governor Kathy Hochul and legislative officials, alleging that the state assembly map was gerrymandered “to protect Democratic incumbents.” The court ruled that the map was [...]

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana Monday enjoined the use of a new congressional redistricting map that included one majority-black district. A coalition of black voters and organizations, including the NAACP, filed a lawsuit after Louisiana’s legislature overturned Governor John Bel Edwards’ veto and passed the maps. According to the plaintiffs, [...]

The New Hampshire Supreme Court Tuesday approved a plan to redraw New Hampshire’s congressional districts. The approved redistricting plan uses the “least change” approach, meaning that only five towns will have their congressional districts changed. Theresa Norelli, the former House Speaker for New Hampshire, brought a lawsuit alleging that the current congressional map violates the [...]

The US Supreme Court Tuesday rejected three Texas legislators’ emergency application to stay depositions that they are scheduled to give in redistricting lawsuits filed by multiple plaintiffs, including the US Department of Justice. This means their depositions will go forward in the various lawsuits that aim to block Texas’s redistricting legislation. According to the application, the [...]