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The Louisiana Senate voted to eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black congressional districts. Sen. Katrina Jackson-Andrews (D) said it best: While Republicans “make up 35.6% of the state registered voters, they will have 83% of the congressional representation of this state.” She added: “How do we justify that?” bit.ly/4nzwAZ1

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This week's Missouri Supreme Court ruling was already decided before the lawyers ever stepped foot in the courtroom. Oral arguments in the morning. A 54-page opinion by that afternoon — unanimous, dozens of citations, upholding the GOP gerrymander. It gets worse. The Supreme Court pulled the same move just one day prior...

BREAKING: In a loss for voters, the Supreme Court declined to restore the will of Virginians who voted to approve Democrats' redistricting plan aimed at countering GOP gerrymanders. The decision means the current 2021 map will be used in the midterms. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/su…

Virginia’s 2026 congressional elections will use the current 2021 map, Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced this week. It comes after the Virginia Supreme Court struck down a voter-approved amendment that would have let the state redraw its congressional map to counter Republican gerrymandering elsewhere. bit.ly/3RGCU4T

BREAKING: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) said he will be granting clemency to Tina Peters — a prominent election denier currently serving a nine-year state prison sentence for her role in a voting system breach. The move follows sustained pressure from Trump to secure her release. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/co…

🗳️The nationwide redistricting battle will shape your vote this November. 📫 Subscribe to our FREE newsletters to be the first to get the news: newsletters.democracydocket.com/anchor-twitter

🗺️ P.M. REDISTRICTING UPDATE 🗺️ 📍SC: Special session to eliminate the state’s only majority-Black district will resume on Monday. 📍LA: House to vote next week on map that eliminates one majority-Black district. 📍FL: Awaiting judge’s decision on whether new map violates ban on partisan gerrymandering. 📍AL: Hearing next week on attempt to block 2023 map eliminating one majority-Black district. bit.ly/47tdiN9

NEW: As the South Carolina legislature kicked off their special session to redistrict midcycle, Democratic lawmakers slammed Republicans for bending the knee to Trump. The rushed effort, aimed at dismantling the state's lone majority-Black district, comes at the heels of the June primaries. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/so…

The Trump administration claimed it wasn’t building a national voter database. A new report says otherwise. The White House is reportedly working with federal agencies to create voter lists and restrict mail voting ahead of the midterms. bit.ly/4wxxpp6

NEW: A DeSantis-appointed judge in Florida heard advocates' argument that the GOP's new congressional map violates a state ban on partisan gerrymandering. The ruling, which is expected to come shortly, will determine whether the map can be used in the midterms. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/st…

The chief justice wrote that House business was able to be restored via the Texas Constitution's remedies — none of which involve the judicial branch. The ruling marks the end of the road for GOP attempts to mete out political retribution to Democrats who left Texas to block redistricting. Full story: democracydocket.com/news-alerts/te…

BREAKING: The Texas Supreme Court rejected Gov. Greg Abbott's request to remove certain state Democrats from office. The governor's lawsuit came after Democratic lawmakers fled the state last year during a special session to stop the GOP's redistricting effort. Full story to come.

Georgia just made certain races in the Atlanta metropolitan area nonpartisan. A newly enacted bill strips party labels from ballots, likely making it easier to elect non-Democrats. Now, these counties plan to sue: bit.ly/3PIkxMo

NEW: Cleta Mitchell's election denial group released a new handbook providing election officials with a roadmap to make voting harder and election administration more vulnerable to partisan interference. And its proposals are rooted in distrust of elections and conspiracy-laden claims. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/cl…

HAPPENING NOW: A Florida court is hearing a pro-voting request to temporarily pause the GOP's newly enacted congressional map. The map could hand Republicans up to four more House seats if used in the 2026 midterms. 📺 Watch the hearing below: thefloridachannel.org

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NEW: A federal judge appeared reluctant to swiftly block Trump’s latest executive order targeting mail voting. During oral arguments in a Democratic challenge to the measure, the judge suggested that there’s no legal harm for the courts to remedy until the measure is actually implemented.