NEW: In the Louisiana congressional redistricting fight, a group of Black Louisiana voters represented by Legal Defense Fund and ACLU says they plan to appeal to SCOTUS the three-judge court ruling that blocked the state’s new congressional map
documentcloud.org/documents/2462…

This agreement:

✅ Puts in place a map that reunites communities that the city of Miami divided along racial lines
✅ Allows voters to approve a city charter amendment to reform the redistricting process

Read ACLU of Florida's release here: aclufl.org/en/press-relea…

Now both districts have been struck down

On the left: 1994 version of #LA04 struck down as illegal racial gerrymander

On the right: 2024 version of #LA06 struck down as illegal racial gerrymander

Supporters of an Idaho ballot initiative that would adopt a top-four primary and ranked-choice general election have submitted signatures to qualify for November's ballot.

This proposal is similar to the system that Alaska voters adopted in 2020
idahocapitalsun.com/2024/05/01/hav…

Thrilled to share we’ve reached an anticipated agreement with the City of Miami that will conclude the GRACE @MiamiNAACP Engage Miami racial gerrymandering lawsuit, secure a fair map for the decade, and propose lasting reforms to the redix process
aclufl.org/en/press-relea…

Oklahoma just adopted a law that bans the use of ranked-choice voting by local governments.

It also adopted a law that will make homeless encampments on public property a misdemeanor.
newsfromthestates.com/article/gov-ke…

Yes, Republicans want to make voting harder and that can be ironic, but sometimes vote suppression laws are specifically targeted at Democratic groups: not allowing student ids count as valid id, banning Sunday early voting when Black churches do mobilization, etc.

NEW: The Census Bureau plans to test asking people age 15 and older these questions about sexual orientation and gender identity through the American Community Survey starting in August to help with civil rights and equal employment enforcement
federalregister.gov/documents/2024…

Let's be clear about what happened. The Voting Rights Act was put in place to stop racist whites from gerrymandering Black ppl out of representation. Two Trump appointees just said that requirement of the VRA violates the Equal Protection Clause by discriminating against whites.

🚨🚨 BREAKING: 5th Circuit panel votes 2-1 to strike down Louisiana's new Black majority congressional district as unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Opinion here: drive.google.com/file/d/135Tznk…

#OHPol : Citizens Not Politicians has reserved over $10M on fall reservations across OH TV markets. The group supports the prospective upcoming Ohio Citizens Redistricting Commission amendment. Last year, Ohio saw $71.5M in ad spending relating to its constitutional amendments.

Not something you see every day: an attack ad about *redistricting*!

This spot from Harry Dunn cites a piece by Jim Newell reporting that Sarah Elfreth opposed making GOP Rep. Andy Harris' #MD01 bluer

Dunn & Elfreth are running in Dem primary for #MD03 youtube.com/watch?v=3EJidj…

New York state Sen. James Skoufis (D) 'is introducing a constitutional amendment this week that would shift all city elections from odd-numbered years to even-numbered ones, aligning them with state and federal elections that routinely see dramatically higher voter turnout.'

Personally I think this sounds very bad. time.com/6972021/donald…

Secretary of State Steve Simon (D) has certified that Minnesota's new automatic voter registration system is ready for use.

Democrats enacted AVR last year after winning back unified control of state government in 2022 dl-online.com/news/local/aut…

OP-ED | Why we need to ban partisan gerrymandering once and for all - by Rep. Wiley Nickel couriernewsroom.com/news/rep-wiley…

#NEW : The US Department of Justice has launched an updated voting rights and elections website.

The website is built to serve as a one-stop resource providing voting and elections information for voters as well as state and local elections officials. tinyurl.com/3zpbbvyj

the two Arizona justices up for retention in 2024, both of whom voted to revive the 1864 abortion ban, are being recommended for retention by the judicial performance review commission.

note the changed rules outlined in the story:

“Biden is the clear choice of voters who consume newspapers and national network news, while Trump does best among voters who don’t follow political news at all.”

nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…

Many Republicans responded to Nixon's resignation determined to create a party, media, and legal structure that would make it so a GOP president would never have to resign again just for doing crime

Now GOP SCOTUS is about to declare 'If the president does it, it's not illegal'