The Arc of the Voting Rights Act

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Atlantic

Louisiana Republicans erased a majority-Black congressional district.

How single-party primary elections are reshaping Congress

Eric McDaniel, NPR

Some lawmakers are speaking out against closed, single-party primaries, which they see as part of a system that limits voter choice and incentivizes elected officials to prioritize party loyalty.

Replacing aging U.S. voting equipment will take years and billions of dollars

Miles Parks, NPR

America's voting systems are getting old. But unless Congress makes a massive financial commitment, a new report finds it could take decades before voting machines are widely replaced.

Judge allows Trump to implement mail-in voting executive order

Yahoo Entertainment

Alabama pushes US Supreme Court to approve congressional map for midterms

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Republicans have revived a push to implement a congressional map that was rejected in 2023 for racial discrimination.

Trump’s latest move to restrict voting rights

Heather Digby Parton, Salon

The president is pushing states to create citizenship lists to prevent non-citizens from voting

Half Of America's Voting Machines Targeted For Ban By Trump Administration

Conover Kennard, Crooksandliars.com

Last year, Trump's top election security adviser explored the possibility of banning voting machines used in more than half of all U.S. states. Kurt Olsen, a White House lawyer charged with substantiating long-discredited claims of election fraud, spearheaded…

Judges in Maine and Wisconsin dismiss Justice Department's attempts to force turnover of voter rolls

PATRICK WHITTLE and SCOTT BAUER, Yahoo Entertainment

Federal judges in Maine and Wisconsin on Thursday dismissed lawsuits filed by the U.S. Department of Justice seeking to compel the states to hand over...

Democratic power players launch bipartisan effort to 'sabotage-proof' elections

Isabella Murray, Abcnews.com

A group of mostly Democratic strategists and power players are rebuilding a PAC meant to fortify election-defense infrastructure by focusing on overlooked state offices.

Virginia Is Taking Action to Keep ICE Agents Away from Polling Places Before the Midterms

Jim Vorel, Jezebel

Gov. Abigail Spanberger is expected to sign an executive order to help election workers deal with ICE at polling places, if they show up.

The All-Out Assault on Black Voting

Adam Serwer, The Atlantic

Democracy is becoming a racial entitlement.

Granting Tina Peters Clemency Is a Big Mistake

David A. Graham, The Atlantic

The release of the local election official convicted of seven crimes is likely to encourage attacks on election integrity.

The Supreme Court avoids taking up a fight over Voting Rights Act enforcement for now

Hansi Lo Wang, NPR

After recently weakening the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court avoided for now taking up a legal question that may severely limit enforcement of the law's remaining protections for minority voters.

This Big Idea Could Fix America’s Gerrymandering Madness

Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine

There’s a big idea that could fix America’s gerrymandering madness. The Supreme Court’s ‘Callais’ decision put us in a redistricting doom loop. Embracing proportional representation may be the only way out, writes New York’s Ed Kilgore.

The rules of the 2026 election are still in flux

Carrie Levine, Salon

Last-minute redistricting and Trump's mail-voting executive order cause confusion.

Voters are caught in the middle as the redistricting battle intensifies

Ashley Lopez, NPR

Much of the focus of the ongoing redistricting war has been on which political party will come out on top. But it's voters who will pay a cost, say voting experts and voting rights advocates.

US Justice Department drafts legal opinion backing demands for state voter rolls

By Luc Cohen, Yahoo Entertainment

By Luc Cohen May 13 (Reuters) - The Department of Justice has issued a formal legal justification for the federal government's demands that states share...

Supreme Court Breaks Another Election To Make Sure Black Voters Are Disenfranchised

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Again, I feel like I’m going crazy here, but the obviously extremely partisan Supreme Court has struck again. I will repeat some of the basics, because it’s hard to believe how blatant all of this is. In November, a (Trump-appointed) judge threw out Texas’s n…

Louisiana's governor defends decision to suspend congressional primaries

Cecilia Vega, CBS News

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.

Rep. Clyburn Tells Republicans Be 'Careful What They Pray For' With Redistricting

Heather, Crooksandliars.com

South Carolina is the latest state that has moved to cancel their primary election, even though people are already voting: South Carolina Republicans took the first step Friday to cancel the state’s June primary election — to give more time to potentially pas…

Southern Republicans redistrict after Supreme Court rules, Dems lose big in Virginia

Larry Kaplow, NPR

The Supreme Court weakened minority voting rights and prompted Republicans in four states to move to redistrict as part of Trump's push. A court nullified Democratic redistricting in Virginia.

Tennessee GOP Moves to Decimate Black Voting Power After Supreme Court’s Blessing of Jim Crow

Natasha Lennard, The Intercept

With the Supreme Court blessing racial gerrymandering, Tennessee’s GOP rushed to eliminate the state’s only majority-Black congressional district. The post Tennessee GOP Moves to Decimate Black Voting Power After Supreme Court’s Blessing of Jim Crow appeared …

Tennessee GOP Erases State's Last Democratic, Black-Majority Seat in Shameless Power Grab

Danielle Han, Jezebel

The new map, which looks a whole lot like racial gerrymandering, comes a whole week after the Supreme Court hollowed out the last of the Voting Rights Act.

The Supreme Court Ends Multiracial Democracy as We Know It

The Intercept Briefing, The Intercept

As Tennessee eliminated its only majority-Black district, Ari Berman and Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson explain how SCOTUS enabled the right’s “power grab.” The post The Supreme Court Ends Multiracial Democracy as We Know It  appeared first on The Int…