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Voting rights at risk after Supreme Court makes it harder to challenge racial gerrymandering

Taiwan Scott, who sued South Carolina over a new congressional map he said curbed Black voting power, speaking outside the Supreme Court in 2023....

Guest Editorial: And so it goes!

U.S. Supreme Court Credit: Image by Mark Thomas from Pixabay The Amsterdam News We are not surprised, nor should you be upon learning on Thursday that...

Voting in unconstitutional districts: US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing...

Overturning decades of tradition, the Supreme Court in 2022 let Alabama use voting districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of...

An independent commission is racing to redraw Detroit’s voting maps under a federal court order − but the change may not elect more Black candidates

Volunteers at the 14th District Democratic headquarters for the midterm election in Detroit, Mich., on Nov 8, 2022. The 14th District map must now...

To Be Equal: Can Alabama finally be forced to conduct a fair election?

(TriceEdneyWire.com) - “We are not aware of any other case in which a state legislature — faced with a federal court order declaring that...

Alabama’s defiant new voting map rejected by federal court — after Republicans ignored the Supreme Court’s directive to add a second majority-Black House district

Evan Milligan, plaintiff in an Alabama case that could have far-reaching effects on minority voting power across the U.S., speaks outside the U.S. Supreme...

When it comes to explaining elections in Congress, gerrymandering is overrated

A voter casts his ballot at an early voting location in Alexandria, Va., Sept. 26, 2022. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik by Charles R. Hunt, Boise State University Over...

How to make voting districts fair to voters, not parties

by Linda Fowler, Dartmouth College and Chris Fowler, Penn State Should fairness to political parties be the standard for evaluating legislative redistricting? Across the nation, state...

Give voters a voice in Harrisburg

Dear Editor: The Pennsylvania legislature has long been out of step with the majority of Pennsylvanians, passing bills with little public support and ignoring bills...

Celebrated Little League team stripped of championship title

CHICAGO (AP) — A Little League team that captured the attention of the nation and the hearts of its hometown was stripped of its...

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