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Georgia Redistricting Update (Jan. 10, 2024)

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On October 26, 2023, a U.S. District Court ordered Georgia's legislative and congressional districts to be redrawn before the 2024 election. The legislature had passed those maps in 2021 following…

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Update: Status of New Hampshire Redistricting Litigation(July 2023)

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New Hampshire reportedly was the last state to complete redistricting for the 2020 cycle after the legislature and governor failed to agree on a map. The political struggles surrounding the…

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Utah Supreme Court Requests Additional Briefing in Partisan Gerrymandering Challenge

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The Utah Supreme Court seemed to be grappling with the issue of the citizen's right to initiative versus the legislature's right to enact laws. After oral argument in a case…

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Watch: Utah Supreme Court Oral Argument in Congressional Map Partisan Gerrymandering Case

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The Utah Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a partisan gerrymandering challenge to the state's 2021 congressional map. The case is League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State…

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NY Court Orders Redistricting Commission to Draw a “Second” Congressional Map

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Today New York's Supreme Court, Appellate Division directed the state's Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) to submit a second congressional map to comply with the NY State Constitution. This decision (with…

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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Exclusive Power of State Legislatures to Draw Redistricting Maps in NC Case

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On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court held that state legislatures do not have exclusive and independent authority to set the rules regarding federal elections under the U.S. Constitution's Elections Clause.…

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U.S. Supreme Court Makes “Surprise” Decision Striking Alabama’s Congressional Map

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On Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Alabama District Court's preliminary injunction against the state's 2021 Congressional map on grounds that it diluted the votes of Black voters in…

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Litigation Notes: Challenge to Galveston Co. TX Commissioner Court Map Survives Motion to Dismiss and will Proceed to Trial

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Galveston Co., Texas: The County's adopted commissioner court precinct map for the 2020 cycle, is being challenged by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), voting rights organizations, and several individual…

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Briefs Filed in Litigation to Redraw New York’s Congressional Map

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Last week, briefs were filed in a case brought by a group of voters to redraw New York's current congressional map. The state used a map drawn by a court…

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Litigation Update for South Carolina Redistricting (March 2023)

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Litigation began in earnest in October of 2021 as the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP anticipated the legislature's failure to draw valid lines. To compel the timely redrawing…