Okay, which congressional district/ map are you most upset you have to live with until 2030?

Mississippi is the only state in the deep south that didn't see litigation over its congressional map.

US House will vote on HR7109 2 add a citizenship question to US census & exclude non-citizens from reapportionment count (likely unconstitutional). NY's Anthony P. D'Esposito Rep. Anthony D’Esposito is a sponsor. This bill could cost NYS at least one congressional district. alexander james Tom Brune

It's time for us to take action and #ShowUpSpeakUp ! The #MichiganSenate ’s voting lines are being redrawn.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to shape our future! Join us at one of the three public meetings in May from 10a-12:30p and 4p-7p to speak up!

#NEW : Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a bill banning Ranked-Choice Voting. tinyurl.com/3b8m2wbn

In the (potentially) dueling Louisiana remedial proceedings, this filing by the state seems to suggest the state's preference is to have the court in the racial gerrymandering case drive the show. drive.google.com/file/d/1cBt0y9…

The Utah Supreme heard the gerrymandering case in July 2023. They have taken no action since then.

Can you identify this congressional district?!

NY Appellate Court heard arguments today on the NYC Council redistricting map challenge over a SE Queens Asian community split. Lower court affirmed city plan. The Redistrict Network New York City Council Steven Romalewski Queens Daily Eagle Ryan Schwach

The US Supreme Court has been asked to take action and/ or weigh in on the following:

North Dakota legislative
Louisiana Congressional
South Carolina Congressional
Arkansas Congressional

#NEW : Oral arguments in the Galveston County Redistricting Case on whether the VRA permits minority coalition districts will be heard by the Fifth Circuit en banc on May 14.

The arguments will be live streamed on the Fifth Circuit website.

#NEW : Gov. Jeff Landry has signed Louisiana's new Supreme Court districts.

The map creates a second majority-black district on the state's highest court. It's the first time the districts have been redrawn in 27 years. tinyurl.com/248dz7fs

The US Justice Department has filed 18 statements of interest and amicus briefs in federal district courts and courts of appeals since January 2021 supporting the right of private parties to file suits under the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act.

NEW: Black plaintiffs in the original Louisiana congressional redistricting case have asked the district court in Baton Rouge to reopen the case (case had been dismissed in light of the state's adoption of a new map w/ two Black districts, but that map has now been invalidated.)

#NEW : The bill to redraw Mississippi's Circuit and Chancery court maps has failed to pass this legislative session

The deadline to pass maps following the 2020 Census is 2025. If legislators don't act, the responsibility will shift to the MS Supreme Court magnoliatribune.com/2024/05/01/jud…

#NEW : Advocates have two months remaining to collect 413,487 signatures from at least 44 counties to get the Ohio Independent Redistricting initiative on the November ballot. tinyurl.com/muee4n7b

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

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
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#NEW : Louisiana AG Liz Murrill announces intention to appeal the Louisiana racial gerrymandering decision to the US Supreme Court.

The agreement will also place a charter amendment on the 2025 ballot to ban gerrymandering and create a Citizens’ Redistricting Committee that will draft maps and propose them to the City Commission in all future redistricting processes.