The Supreme Court’s decision in April to strike down a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana as a racial gerrymander set off a redistricting frenzy across the South. Republican lawmakers in Louisiana, Alabama, and Tennessee moved with alacrity, changing filing deadlines and voting dates to eliminate formerly protected Democratic districts ahead of this fall’s midterms. South … Read more
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Republicans on Tuesday will choose among several U.S. Senate candidates who have stressed their loyalty to President Donald Trump as the party looks for a nominee to succeed Tommy Tuberville, who is running for governor this year. Tuberville’s decision ignited a rare and fierce battle among Republicans for an open Senate … Read more
The Osher Map Library, at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, is home to half a million rare maps, globes and atlases, dating as far back as the 15th century. Correspondent Martha Teichner explores the world as depicted by cartographers, through maps that are whimsical, political, or intentionally distorted, and examines why – in … Read more
New maps from NASA using nearly a decade’s worth of data show how the use of artificial light has shifted over the years. To make the maps, NASA researchers analyzed data collected by its “Black Marble” program, which uses a specialized sensor to capture low-light imagery of Earth at night. The data was collected … Read more
In the run-up to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, many political strategists on both sides of the aisle had predicted significant impacts on Black representation, as well as on the partisan balance in the U.S. House of Representatives. But with this year’s election season in full swing by the time the … Read more
Virginia Democrats struggle with redistricting setback, mull desperate court purge Virginia Democrats face ‘desperation and fury’ after the Commonwealth’s Supreme Court blocked their redistricting map, which would have favored them with 10 districts against Republicans’ one. Internal discussions, revealed by a leaked New York Times report, show Democrats considering an unusual gambit to replace the … Read more
After the Supreme Court ruled a Louisiana congressional map unconstitutional, Gov. Jeff Landry suspended primaries, the state is redrawing its map, and some Black voters fear losing their voice in D.C. Source link
The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, delivering another major setback to the party in a nationwide battle against Republicans for an edge in this year’s midterm elections. The court ruled 4-3 that the state’s Democratic-led legislature violated procedural requirements when it placed the constitutional amendment on the … Read more
The Republican governors of Tennessee and Alabama called state lawmakers into special sessions on Friday, initial steps in what could be a scramble across multiple southern states to redraw congressional maps after the Supreme Court narrowed the Voting Rights Act. Depending on how state officials proceed and whether courts intervene, legislators may try to split … Read more
In a landmark ruling Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a Louisiana congressional map – drawn to protect the electoral clout of Black voters in the state – is itself an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The case, Louisiana v. Callais, concerned a map creating two majority-minority voting districts in a state where about one-third of … Read more