A special session to redraw Georgia's federal and state legislative maps will likely end Thursday after a state House committee advanced a Republican-favored congressional map. The new congressional ...
Maps drawing the boundaries for congressional and state legislative districts in Georgia violate the Voting Rights Act and must be redrawn, a federal judge has ruled. Judge Jones’ decision on 26 ...
No one knows yet what Georgia’s redrawn political map will look like come December, but the redistricting court case provides some clues. A federal judge last week ordered state legislators to create ...
Challengers argue that Georgia's redrawn maps still violate Black voters' rights, potentially leading to more districts favoring candidates preferred by Black voters if challenges are upheld. The ...
Georgia Republicans have advanced new legislative maps that would preserve majorities in the state House and Senate. The proposed maps do not reveal how they plan to redraw Georgia's 14 congressional ...
(CNN) — 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, ...
ATLANTA — A federal judge has ruled that Georgia's congressional and state legislative districts must be redrawn before the 2024 election, reshaping the fight for control of Congress and the Georgia ...
Redistricting in Georgia is done. Now come the lawsuits. Opponents of Georgia’s new political maps plan to ask judges to throw them out as soon as Gov. Brian Kemp signs them into law. The lawsuits ...
A federal judge has struck down Georgia’s political district maps and ordered state lawmakers to redraw them by Dec. 8, in a win for voting rights activists who argued that the state’s maps dilute the ...
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Georgia’s Republican-drawn state and Congressional legislative boundaries violate the Voting Rights Act by failing to have enough majority-Black districts, ordering ...
As the presidential race heats up toward Election Day, eyes turn to Georgia.Georgia is one of several swing states this election year, carrying 16 electoral votes.Historically, the Peach State has ...