Gerrymandering

Utah high court scrutinizes process that sliced state's most Democrat-heavy county into 4 districts

By Sam Metz, Associated Press

State Supreme Court justices lobbed questions Tuesday at attorneys for the state and the seven voters suing over maps they claim dilute their voting power and violate the state constitution.

Supreme Court rejects legal theory that could have thrown 2024 election into disarray

By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan

The Supreme Court rejected a legal theory that state legislatures have almost unlimited power to decide the rules for federal elections and draw partisan congressional maps without interference from state courts. Trump allies raised the theory as part of an…

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Supreme Court lifts hold on Louisiana redistricting case that could boost power of Black voters

By Associated Press

Lower courts had ruled the maps raised concerns that Black voting power had been diluted.

Florida city starts legal fight highlighting local gerrymandering

By Ayanna Alexander, Associated Press

Political map drawing for congressional and state legislative seats captures wide attention after new census numbers are released every 10 years.

Judges rule South Carolina racially gerrymandered U.S. House district

By James Pollard, Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press

Federal judges ordered South Carolina lawmakers to draw new congressional maps, ruling Friday that the U.S. House district lines of a seat flipped by Democrats four years ago were intentionally redrawn to split Black neighborhoods to dilute their voting power.

LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case that could give state legislatures more power over elections

At least six Supreme Court justices are sounding skeptical of making a broad ruling that would leave state legislatures virtually unchecked when making rules for elections.

Nashville finds 430 voters cast ballots in wrong race

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press

The amount is a stark jump from the initial number that the Davidson County Election Commission provided last week, when officials said the problem was contained to just 212 miscast ballots.

Abortion ruling puts spotlight on gerrymandered legislatures

By David A. Lieb, Associated Press

Whether those elected officials are truly representative of the people is a matter of debate, thanks to another high court decision that has enabled control of state legislatures to be skewed to the right or left.

Supreme Court to hear appeal from North Carolina Republicans that could limit state court authority

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from North Carolina Republicans that could drastically limit state court authority over congressional redistricting, as well as elections for Congress and the presidency.

Florida Senate approves Gov. DeSantis' congressional map

By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press

A new congressional map submitted by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' office that will likely swing Florida's representation in Washington even further to the GOP has been approved by the state Senate.