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The Ohio Supreme Court overturned the third round of state House and Senate cards late Wednesday, ending any hopes of a May 3 primary with legislative and statewide races. 'State.The decision marks the third time the Ohio Supreme Court has…

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Florida House and Senate attorneys filed briefs on Saturday defending the constitutionality of the new legislative maps. They also argue that the Florida Supreme Court should avoid implementing maps not approved by the legislature. It is a…

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Pennsylvania has an election coming up, but the Commonwealth still doesn't have new maps to determine which politicians represent which regions. The state Supreme Court heard arguments over the Congressional…

Correction: A previous version of this story stated that no current members were duplicates in the new map. An update of all double berth members to come. NC House and the Senate gave final approval to the redrawn or corrective…

TALLAHASSEE — After years of litigation and bitter opposition from the Republican-led Legislature, the coalition of voter advocacy groups that brought the state its redistricting standards has called for a truce.FairDistricts Now, and its…

Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, February 15:Hudson mayor resigns amid controversyMaps of House and Senate districts remain in limboLast inmate removed from death row via Mental Illness…

North Carolina's redistricting saga took another twist on Friday when the North Carolina Supreme Court…

RALEIGH, NC (WGHP) — Arguments about voter maps presented in the North Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday generally boiled down to two specific questions: How do we define acceptable political gerrymandering? And if the court were…

Advocates for Wyoming's Latino communities welcomed the last voter redistricting maps advanced last week.The 62-31 plan, which is expected to be presented to lawmakers in the next session, would add three…

Commonwealth Court judges now have the responsibility of choosing a new congressional district map for the state, and judges began reviewing proposed maps yesterday.On Thursday, eight groups of attorneys representing some of the maps each…

(WGHP) - After a three-judge panel in Raleigh confirmed the redistricting maps established by the General Assembly of the State, two decisions involving similar claims in Ohio were rendered quite differently. The Ohio Supreme…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) - New limits for state and Senate seats will be finalized in the coming weeks and will remain in effect for the next ten years. But the group that draws the cards has let the audience talk about it for the…

GREENSBORO, NC (WGHP) - The new year will start off in spectacular fashion in North Carolina, with a trial in Raleigh that may decide electoral maps for 2022 and political control of the state for the foreseeable future.…

LANSING, Michigan - As Michigan's new political maps make districts more competitive, they eliminate several predominantly black districts and may soon face legal challenges.A Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR) analysis found that…

ATLANTA (AP) - Governor Brian Kemp on Thursday signed new cards for the Georgia Congressional delegation, State Senate and State House, prompting at least one immediate lawsuit challenging the legislative cards of the State even as…

"The purpose of this long and very ambitious democratic process has been to make sure that we have the cards that are fair," Susan Smith, director of redistribution of the League of Women Voters of Michigan, told Bridge. Related:…

Following the 2020 census, Pennsylvania lost a seat in Congress in Washington. The lawmakers of the State House and Senate government committees of our Palestinian Authority General Assembly are currently in the process of drawing…

Pennsylvania Democrats could see their prospects for taking control of the State House improve dramatically if proposed new maps to redraw legislative constituencies are finalized.But in the State Senate, the new map would likely help…

CLEVELAND, Ohio - At the Ohio Supreme Court hearing in a lawsuit to dismiss new state House and Senate cards as illegal gerrymanders, the Chief Justice Republican Maureen O'Connor asked several skeptical questions about the cards and the…

RALEIGH, North Carolina - The 2022 North Carolina primary election must be delayed - as lawsuits for…

PHOTO | TROY HULL A three-judge panel on Friday refused to issue injunctions against the boundaries drawn by Republicans in the General Assembly, paving the way for the 2022 election, beginning with the filing of nominations on…

(Photo: USAF / Joshua Magbanua)RALEIGH, NC (AP) - The 2022 North Carolina election according to new legislative and congressional maps may begin as scheduled next week after state judges on Friday dismissed requests from…

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR / KCIT) - While restructuring of Texas district maps was inevitable after the 2020 census ended, a growing list of lawsuits against how the state government has consolidated land and land voters could impact…

The Oregon Senate met to vote on new congressional and legislative maps as part of the state's redistribution process on Monday, September 20.Sam Stites / OPBThe Oregon Supreme Court has dismissed claims that the state's new legislative…

North Carolina General Assembly RALEIGH, NC (AP) - The North Carolina General Assembly has finalized maps of the state's legislative and congressional districts that are expected to last for the next!-->!-->…

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A citizens' commission tasked with redrawing Michigan's legislative boundaries on Monday approved three congressional maps to present to voters for the next 45 days before making a final selection. Each card predicts a political tossup:…

While the newly redesigned State House and Senate district maps face fewer legal objections than their congressional counterparts, they still must authorize the Colorado Supreme Court before going into…

LANSING, Michigan - Michigan's redistribution process is well underway, and Michigan state researchers say in a new report that the independent commission responsible for drawing the new maps showed no signs of partisanship, but…

A challenge to the newly approved state legislative district maps prompted Supreme Court justices to withdraw from the case. One is due to a family tie, the other to political statements. Ohio…

Just a day before the end of the Texas legislative session, there is already a lawsuit challenging the redistribution cards. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, or MALDEF, filed a complaint on Monday.…

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with the most essential Texas news.The Texas Legislature is nearing the end of its work to incorporate a decade of population growth into new political maps -…

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio District Commission, which passed new maps for the state House and Senate earlier this month, was sued in the Ohio Supreme Court on Monday, the third challenge to the plan that will likely maintain GOP dominance…

(WTTW News) Praising the redesigned state legislative districts as reflecting the diversity of Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed a new set of cards that will come into play in next year's election and elections next year.…

Redistribution is one element of the Third Special Session of the Texas Legislature, and the State Senate released proposed maps on September 18. (Ali Linan / Community Impact Newspaper) Texas Senate freed proposed redistribution…

LANSING, Michigan - Preliminary maps of new state Senate districts released by the Michigan Independent Redistricting Commission give Republicans a slight advantage, despite the commission being charged with drawing purely non-partisan…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) - Democrats in Illinois revised their first redistribution maps Thursday night, in part to "keep more of Orthodox Jewry united" and "to address Republicans' concerns." "The changes we have made not…