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  1. VIRGINIA VOTERS APPROVE REDISTRICTING SHIFT AMID PARTY CONTROL DISPUTE

    Virginia voters approved a measure on April 21, 2026, giving the legislature power to draw congressional maps. This could increase Democratic seats.

    #VirginiaRedistricting, #ElectionResults, #CongressionalMaps, #VirginiaPolitics, #VADems

    newsletter.tf/virginia-voters-

  2. Virginia voters have given the state legislature the power to draw new congressional maps. This change could lead to Democrats gaining up to 4 more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

    #VirginiaRedistricting, #ElectionResults, #CongressionalMaps, #VirginiaPolitics, #VADems
    newsletter.tf/virginia-voters-

  3. Gov #BrianKemp, a #Republican, responded on by calling a special session of the #Georgia Gen Assembly that will begin on Nov29, giving lawmakers 10 days to meet a Dec8 deadline.

    The timeline, Judge Jones wrote, ensures that “if an acceptable remedy is not produced, there will be time for the court to fashion one.”

    #GA is one of several #Southern states where #Republicans are defending #CongressionalMaps that fed judges have said appear to #discriminate against #Black voters.

    #Gerrymandering

  4. Gov #BrianKemp, a #Republican, responded on by calling a special session of the #Georgia Gen Assembly that will begin on Nov29, giving lawmakers 10 days to meet a Dec8 deadline.

    The timeline, Judge Jones wrote, ensures that “if an acceptable remedy is not produced, there will be time for the court to fashion one.”

    #GA is one of several #Southern states where #Republicans are defending #CongressionalMaps that fed judges have said appear to #discriminate against #Black voters.

    #Gerrymandering

  5. The fundamentals of the 2024 campaign are still taking shape, but one thing is already clear: A flurry of #court actions might cost #Republicans the #House majority.

    In the past 9 days, #state & #federal judges threw out 2 #CongressionalMaps — & helped #Democrats avoid a worst-case scenario in Ohio — kicking off an unusually busy #redistricting calendar heading into the #election year.

    #gerrymandering
    politico.com/news/2023/09/11/r

  6. The fundamentals of the 2024 campaign are still taking shape, but one thing is already clear: A flurry of #court actions might cost #Republicans the #House majority.

    In the past 9 days, #state & #federal judges threw out 2 #CongressionalMaps — & helped #Democrats avoid a worst-case scenario in Ohio — kicking off an unusually busy #redistricting calendar heading into the #election year.

    #gerrymandering
    politico.com/news/2023/09/11/r

  7. #Republican #Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, defending her state’s defiance of federal court orders to redraw #congressionalmaps, evokes #civilrights-era comments frequently made by pro-#segregation whites.

    Ivey's comments criticizing federal courts and "activist groups” reads like an airbrushed, modern version of a letter writer's #racist bleat from 1958 in the Shreveport Journal.

    IOW, people just don’t understand the southerners’ way of life.

    #VotingRights #gerrymandering

    amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/07/24/pol

  8. #Republican #Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, defending her state’s defiance of federal court orders to redraw #congressionalmaps, evokes #civilrights-era comments frequently made by pro-#segregation whites.

    Ivey's comments criticizing federal courts and "activist groups” reads like an airbrushed, modern version of a letter writer's #racist bleat from 1958 in the Shreveport Journal.

    IOW, people just don’t understand the southerners’ way of life.

    #VotingRights #gerrymandering

    amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/07/24/pol