Republicans who control the Georgia legislature on Thursday finalized a new congressional map that safeguards their party’s dominance in state politics and dashes, for the time being, Democrats’ hopes ...
ATLANTA - Brushing aside concerns that they may be breaking a law that protects coalitions of nonwhite voters, Georgia state senators on Tuesday passed a new congressional map that would maintain a ...
Georgia lawmakers are set to hold a special session to consider new political maps after a judge found the state's existing districts diluted the power of Black voters. Georgia lawmakers return to ...
A new political map of Georgia released Wednesday would help Republicans gain at least one seat in Congress, using redistricting to reverse Democratic gains and flip a district held by U.S. Rep. Lucy ...
In the rapidly changing political battleground of Georgia, a federal judge’s order will force the state to redo its district maps to ensure Black representation reflects their tremendous population ...
A federal judge struck down Georgia’s Republican-drawn congressional and state legislative maps Thursday, ruling they violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of Black voters. U.S.
Republican lawmakers in Georgia pushed forward Tuesday with a congressional map proposal that keeps a 9-5 Republican majority for House seats, which Democrats claim violates a federal court order. The ...
A federal judge on Thursday ordered Georgia to draw new congressional and state legislative maps, ruling that state legislators improperly diluted the political power of Black voters in establishing ...
ATLANTA — A federal court today ruled that Georgia’s state legislative district maps discriminate against Black voters and must be redrawn. The decision follows an eight-day trial in September in ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In late October, a federal court ruled that Georgia’s electoral maps violated the ...
Dec. 9 (UPI) --Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed legislation redrawing the state's congressional map after the previous one, also drawn up by Republican state lawmakers, was ruled unconstitutional.