Category: voting rights

 The US Supreme Court’s Incoherent, Idiotic, and Racist Rulings on Gerrymandering 

The Court may be ready to scuttle remaining portions of the Voting Rights Act by giving states the ability to racially gerrymander by claiming that they’re only engaging in partisan gerrymandering. It’s outrageous.

Source: Opinion | The US Supreme Court’s Incoherent, Idiotic, and Racist Rulings on Gerrymandering | Common Dreams

Congress passes legislation that will close off presidential election mischief and help avoid another Jan. 6

Weaknesses in the law governing how elections are run and votes counted in Congress led to the Jan. 6 insurrection. An election law scholar analyzes legislation just passed to fix those problems.

Source: Congress passes legislation that will close off presidential election mischief and help avoid another Jan. 6