Supreme Court Finds No Racial Gerrymandering in Abbott v. Perez, Except for One District
On June 25, 2018, the Supreme Court in Abbott v. Perez overturned the lower court’s finding that the Texas legislature had gerrymandered legislative districts against Hispanic citizens when redrawing occurred in 2013 after the lower courts struck down the districts drawn in 2011. The Court ruled that the district court…
Virginia Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds The Drawing of 11 Districts
On May 31, 2018, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that 11 legislative districts did not violate Article II § 6 of the Constitution of Virginia. The challengers to the districts argued that the legislative districts that were drawn in 2011 violated that state constitution because they were not composed of…
NC: Checks and Balances in Voting Help Maintain the Integrity of the Process
This article from North Carolina explains a few of the check and balances in the process to help protect the integrity of the process. A local ABC affiliate in NC reported on their tour of the local election office: Amidst a growing chorus of allegations from Republicans on voting fraud, ABC11…