Federal judges will weigh a request to bring Alabama back under the preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act after ruling the state intentionally diluted the voting ...

Texas is beginning a rare mid-decade push to shift its congressional districts ahead of the midterms, a high-risk move with White House backing.

Gov. Greg Abbott has acknowledged DOJ concerns that some districts were drawn “along strict racial lines.” Critics say it’s a ...

CNN’s Joan Biskupic talks with Wolf Blitzer about Justice Clarence Thomas’ quest to undo a key part of the Voting Rights Act and about whether his conservative justices are now will to join him.

Plaintiffs said Alabama’s actions and the defiance of the court order mirror the state’s actions in the 1960s.

The ACLU SoCal, ALC, CA Common Cause, and PANA are excited to share that registration is now open for “More Voices, Stronger Democracy: The 50th Anniversary of Section 203,” a statewide summit on ...

The Supreme Court is revisiting the Voting Rights Act, potentially altering safeguards against discriminatory voting maps.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been imploring his colleagues for decades to gut a crucial part of the iconic ...

It’s going to be tough for the GOP to hang on to the House. But tilting the map via redistricting in Texas and Ohio could ...

The city wants to gauge voters’ interest in bringing back three at-large seats, which a judge says invites the public to make a system that violates the voting rights of minorities.

Voting rights in Maryland are under siege — and for Latino, Black, naturalized citizen, and working-class voters, the danger ...