Tag: redistricting

Soon-to-be former Congressman Ryan Costello (image courtesy Costello's Twitter)

GOP Congressman Heads For Exits After Learning He Can’t Choose His...

As we all know, election night 2016 effectively ended when Pennsylvania was called for Donald Trump by the narrowest of margins--a mere 44,000 votes...
Pennsylvania State Representative Cris Dush, leader of the effort to impeach the state supreme court (image courtesy Dush's Facebook)

GOP Toddlers In PA Throw A Tantrum Over Court Striking Down...

Two months ago, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court shot down one of the most brutal gerrymanders in the nation. The court found that when the...
Image courtesy Pennsylvania Supreme Court, part of public domain

Supreme Court Deep-Sixes PA Repubs’ Attempt To Screw Voters (PHOTOS/VIDEO)

Of the many gerrymandered congressional maps produced by Republican-controlled state legislatures after the 2010 census, one of the worst came from Pennsylvania. By any standard,...
Virginia's current governor, Terry McAuliffe, with future governor Ralph Northam (image courtesy Edward Kimmel, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)

VA Voters Screwed Out Of Right To Vote After ‘Something Really...

The biggest story in the short term from this month's off-year elections is undoubtedly Ralph Northam's unexpected romp to victory in the Virginia governor's...

ACLU’s Voting Rights Battle: A Showdown Against Kris Kobach’s Voting Commission

On October 1, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) launched a nationwide effort to expand voting rights. Faiz Shakir who is the ACLU's national...
An example of North Carolina's gerrymander--the cracking of Fayetteville (image courtesy Jeff Jackson's Twitter)

Federal Court Orders Special Election For NC Legislature To Fix ‘Injury’...

It's been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for the North Carolina Republican Party. On Monday, the State Board of Elections ordered...

Federal Judges Shred North Carolina’s Congressional Map

The Democrats' chances in 2016 may have gotten somewhat better on Friday. A three-judge federal appeals panel tossed out North Carolina's congressional map after finding that two...

Texas Officials Accuse Obama of ‘Bullying’ As DOJ Goes To Court...

The DOJ reminds Texas that Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act is still in place.