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The United States could be headed toward the largest-ever decline in representation by Black members of Congress, depending on how the right-wing Supreme Court rules in a closely watched redistricting case about the Voting Rights Act.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The United States could be headed toward the largest-ever decline in representation by Black members of Congress, depending on how the right-wing Supreme Court rules in a closely watched redistricting case about the Voting Rights Act.
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“The Trump administration’s intrusion into state election administration is unprecedented in the history of the United States and entirely unwarranted,” said Doug Poland, Law Forward’s Director of Litigation.
Voting Rights Groups, Wisconsin Voters Challenge Trump Administration’s Unwarranted Grab For Private Data
Groups File Motion to Intervene in U.S. Department of Justice Lawsuit Against Wisconsin Elections Commission
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January 9, 2026 at 9:28 PM
“The Trump administration’s intrusion into state election administration is unprecedented in the history of the United States and entirely unwarranted,” said Doug Poland, Law Forward’s Director of Litigation.
"Republicans want a big Supreme Court redistricting win. They’re losing hope it will help them in the 2026 midterms."
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January 9, 2026 at 4:14 AM
"Republicans want a big Supreme Court redistricting win. They’re losing hope it will help them in the 2026 midterms."
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Voting-rights groups are bracing for continued attacks on state elections. The Trump regime has now filed lawsuits against 18 mostly Democrat-led states, demanding access to voter lists, including driver’s license information and partial Social Security numbers.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Voting-rights groups are bracing for continued attacks on state elections. The Trump regime has now filed lawsuits against 18 mostly Democrat-led states, demanding access to voter lists, including driver’s license information and partial Social Security numbers.
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These are some the biggest concerns of election and voting experts as we head towards the 2026 midterms 👇
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January 6, 2026 at 11:52 PM
These are some the biggest concerns of election and voting experts as we head towards the 2026 midterms 👇
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"Eric Neff’s tenure at the Los Angeles County DA's office ended after he was placed on administrative leave in 2022 over accusations of misconduct in the prosecution of the CEO of Konnech, a software company that election conspiracy theorists said was in the thrall of the Chinese government."
Trump's DOJ hires voting rights lawyer behind L.A. case cited by conspiracy theorists
The Trump administration's new top voting rights lawyer is Eric Neff, a former L.A. County prosecutor who led a failed case against a voting software company that was the subject of conspiracy theorie...
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January 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
"Eric Neff’s tenure at the Los Angeles County DA's office ended after he was placed on administrative leave in 2022 over accusations of misconduct in the prosecution of the CEO of Konnech, a software company that election conspiracy theorists said was in the thrall of the Chinese government."
An advocacy group is fighting to keep Louisiana election officials from enforcing state laws that prevent some jailed East Baton Rouge voters from casting ballots from the parish prison while they await trial.
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January 2, 2026 at 5:16 PM
An advocacy group is fighting to keep Louisiana election officials from enforcing state laws that prevent some jailed East Baton Rouge voters from casting ballots from the parish prison while they await trial.
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In court filings, the voting rights groups argue that releasing nonpublic voter data would unlawfully facilitate the creation of a national voter database and expose voters to potential targeting, mass challenges, or disenfranchisement.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In court filings, the voting rights groups argue that releasing nonpublic voter data would unlawfully facilitate the creation of a national voter database and expose voters to potential targeting, mass challenges, or disenfranchisement.
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"What he is going to do is send those troops there, and keep them there all the way through the next election? If people are afraid of leaving their house, they’re probably not going to leave their house to go vote on Election Day. That’s how he stays in power.”
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December 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"What he is going to do is send those troops there, and keep them there all the way through the next election? If people are afraid of leaving their house, they’re probably not going to leave their house to go vote on Election Day. That’s how he stays in power.”
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"Republicans have become so wedded to the degradations of gerrymandering, ballot access manipulation, biased ID requirements, false elector slates, and cash register politics that electoral cheating is now a central component — perhaps the central component — of their domestic political agenda."
Republican NC election officials are already making it harder to vote in 2026 | Opinion
Gene Nichol: Newly-Republicanized county election boards have begun taking steps to make it more difficult for their adversaries to vote.
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December 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"Republicans have become so wedded to the degradations of gerrymandering, ballot access manipulation, biased ID requirements, false elector slates, and cash register politics that electoral cheating is now a central component — perhaps the central component — of their domestic political agenda."
“Protecting voter privacy is not a partisan issue. It is a matter of public trust, election security and democratic integrity,” said Bradley Heard, deputy legal director, SPLC.
Voting Rights Groups, Georgia Voter Seek to Protect Voters’ Privacy
Motion to intervene filed in United States v. Raffensperger to prevent the Department of Justice from obtaining Georgia voters’ personal data.
www.splcenter.org
December 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“Protecting voter privacy is not a partisan issue. It is a matter of public trust, election security and democratic integrity,” said Bradley Heard, deputy legal director, SPLC.
A judge on Friday ordered special elections for the Mississippi Supreme Court after earlier finding that the electoral map used to select justices violated the Voting Rights Act.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A judge on Friday ordered special elections for the Mississippi Supreme Court after earlier finding that the electoral map used to select justices violated the Voting Rights Act.
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The DOJ’s effort “should frighten everybody across the political spectrum,” said an election expert.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The DOJ’s effort “should frighten everybody across the political spectrum,” said an election expert.
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The outcome of a major U.S. Supreme Court case could make it harder for Pennsylvania’s Hispanic voters and other minority communities to fight for representation.
How a major voting rights case before the US Supreme Court might impact Pa.’s minority voters
The outcome of a major U.S. Supreme Court case could make it harder for Pennsylvania’s Hispanic voters and other minority communities to fight for representation.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The outcome of a major U.S. Supreme Court case could make it harder for Pennsylvania’s Hispanic voters and other minority communities to fight for representation.
Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats across the South if the Supreme Court guts a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act, a new analysis finds.
The bulk of the gains would be concentrated in 10 GOP-controlled state legislatures in Southern states.
The bulk of the gains would be concentrated in 10 GOP-controlled state legislatures in Southern states.
Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats in voting rights case, report finds | The Journal Record
SCOTUS could gut Voting Rights Act Section 2, potentially giving Republicans 191 Southern state legislative seats.
journalrecord.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats across the South if the Supreme Court guts a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act, a new analysis finds.
The bulk of the gains would be concentrated in 10 GOP-controlled state legislatures in Southern states.
The bulk of the gains would be concentrated in 10 GOP-controlled state legislatures in Southern states.
"America’s unions have never accepted a world where working people are silenced. We fought for the Voting Rights Act because this movement knows our fight for fair pay, safe jobs and dignity at work is the same fight as the struggle for the ballot box."
The Voting Rights Act Is Under Threat. So Are Workers’ Rights.
Fred Redmond, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer, discusses the importance of voting rights and worker power, highlighting the threat to democracy posed by recent Supreme Court decisions.
theatlantavoice.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"America’s unions have never accepted a world where working people are silenced. We fought for the Voting Rights Act because this movement knows our fight for fair pay, safe jobs and dignity at work is the same fight as the struggle for the ballot box."
California prosecutor Eric Neff relied on a right-wing group’s intel to bring charges - and now, he’s apparently in charge of voting rights at the DOJ 👇
Scoop: New Justice Department voting rights chief had prior job suspension for ties to election deniers
California prosecutor Eric Neff relied on a right-wing group's intel to bring charges. Now, he's apparently in charge of voting rights at the DOJ.
www.motherjones.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
California prosecutor Eric Neff relied on a right-wing group’s intel to bring charges - and now, he’s apparently in charge of voting rights at the DOJ 👇
Aggressive tactics employed by Trump and his allies did not sit well with state lawmakers of both parties, who delivered a major political blow to national Republicans and their election-rigging scheme ahead of the midterms.
'We can't be bullied': How Trump and the GOP's redistricting push in Indiana backfired
Aggressive tactics employed by Trump and his allies did not sit well with state lawmakers, who delivered a major political blow to national Republicans ahead of the midterms.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Aggressive tactics employed by Trump and his allies did not sit well with state lawmakers of both parties, who delivered a major political blow to national Republicans and their election-rigging scheme ahead of the midterms.
"Looking toward the 2026 midterms, a potential stress test for American freedoms and democracy that protects them, we must confront the barriers that Native American voters still face."
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December 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Looking toward the 2026 midterms, a potential stress test for American freedoms and democracy that protects them, we must confront the barriers that Native American voters still face."
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The chief justice has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career 👇
John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True
The chief justice has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career.
www.theatlantic.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The chief justice has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career 👇
"By spreading out Republican voters in the hope of flipping a maximum number of Texas seats, Republicans may be cutting their margins too close, leaving an opening for Democratic pickups. All five of the gerrymandered seats are heavily Hispanic, a demographic group that has been deserting Trump."
Democratic Wave or Republican Swamp - The American Prospect
Can Trump revulsion and voter mobilization overcome voter suppression?
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December 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"By spreading out Republican voters in the hope of flipping a maximum number of Texas seats, Republicans may be cutting their margins too close, leaving an opening for Democratic pickups. All five of the gerrymandered seats are heavily Hispanic, a demographic group that has been deserting Trump."
"Gov. DeWine should veto law curtailing absentee voting" - read more 👇
"I’ve listened to the arguments of the politicians supporting this bill. None of those arguments give legitimacy to suppressing thousands of Ohio absentee by mail votes."
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"I’ve listened to the arguments of the politicians supporting this bill. None of those arguments give legitimacy to suppressing thousands of Ohio absentee by mail votes."
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December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Gov. DeWine should veto law curtailing absentee voting" - read more 👇
"I’ve listened to the arguments of the politicians supporting this bill. None of those arguments give legitimacy to suppressing thousands of Ohio absentee by mail votes."
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"I’ve listened to the arguments of the politicians supporting this bill. None of those arguments give legitimacy to suppressing thousands of Ohio absentee by mail votes."
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FIGHTING BACK: Virginia House Speaker Don Scott said Trump was "bullying" other states to redraw their congressional maps, causing VA to do the same.
"We didn't want to have to do this. This was done because Trump told Texas, Indiana, North Carolina —- our neighbors -- to rig their elections."
"We didn't want to have to do this. This was done because Trump told Texas, Indiana, North Carolina —- our neighbors -- to rig their elections."
Virginia Democrats propose redrawing maps to get four new seats
Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Don Scott outlined the state's redistricting plans amid other states' efforts to make maps more favorable to Democrats or Republicans.
www.newsweek.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
FIGHTING BACK: Virginia House Speaker Don Scott said Trump was "bullying" other states to redraw their congressional maps, causing VA to do the same.
"We didn't want to have to do this. This was done because Trump told Texas, Indiana, North Carolina —- our neighbors -- to rig their elections."
"We didn't want to have to do this. This was done because Trump told Texas, Indiana, North Carolina —- our neighbors -- to rig their elections."
John Lewis would be ashamed of what the Supreme Court may soon do to the Voting Rights Act he nearly lost his life fighting for 👇
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December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
John Lewis would be ashamed of what the Supreme Court may soon do to the Voting Rights Act he nearly lost his life fighting for 👇
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"We're here because Florida's governor and legislative leaders are attempting something unprecedented, dangerous and fundamentally undemocratic," said Genesis Robinson, the executive director of Equal Ground Education Fund and Action Fund, a Black-led voting rights organization.
Voting rights advocates decry Florida's mid-decade redistricting effort
Florida leaders are looking at changing the congressional map, which already favors Republicans. Voting rights advocates call this dangerous.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"We're here because Florida's governor and legislative leaders are attempting something unprecedented, dangerous and fundamentally undemocratic," said Genesis Robinson, the executive director of Equal Ground Education Fund and Action Fund, a Black-led voting rights organization.