piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting
A judge in Utah has added a new wrinkle to this year’s mid-decade redistricting fight, overturning a Republican-drawn congressional map: The Utah Legislature violated voters’ rights by approving congressional boundaries…
Editors at National Review Online assess plans to redraw Texas’ electoral map. Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Republican-controlled legislature have decided to play hardball by redrawing the state’s congressional…
With Chief District Judge Richard Myers’ latest ruling, the North Carolina Supreme Court race may finally reach a conclusion. Myers’ ruling rejected the state Court of Appeals ruling as modified…
The 2023-24 session of the North Carolina General Assembly delivered a host of policy victories for the John Locke Foundation, including changes to the law advocated for by Locke’s Civitas…
Introduction Few policy areas in North Carolina have been as contentious, let alone litigious, as redistricting. No set of North Carolina redistricting plans passed by the General Assembly since 1971…
North Carolina has seen a flurry of election reforms over the past several years, including several changes to election law and administration in a bill for which the General Assembly…
Ashley Oliver reports for the Washington Examiner on the Biden administration’s legal battles over the 2024 election. The Department of Justice’s recent plea to the Supreme Court to allow voters…
The literacy test should be removed from the North Carolina State Constitution Removing the literacy test may be difficult Those favoring literacy test repeal must act strategically to ensure its…
I appeared with former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr in a news segment on a newly filed redistricting lawsuit in November of 2023 (starting at 2:47). Despite our…
As expected, the Elias Law Group has filed a lawsuit (Williams v. Hall) challenging some of North Carolina’s new congressional districts. As if they realized how unlikely they were to…
A legal challenge to the state Senate maps was filed just before the Thanksgiving holiday last week, questioning the state’s compliance with the Voting Rights Act. With candidate filing set…
Redistricting lawsuits are common in North Carolina. The General Assembly’s redistricting page is littered with maps that courts have tossed out (click on “District Plans Enacted or Ordered by the…