ATLANTA — A special legislative session begins Wednesday in Georgia to redraw the state's political maps after a federal judge ruled that the current district lines illegally dilute the power of Black ...
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 ...
The new lines could, theoretically, help tilt control of Congress. Georgia lawmakers recently returned to Atlanta for a special session to redraw the state's political maps and expand the power of ...
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 ...
A federal judge on Thursday ordered Georgia to draw new congressional and state legislative maps, ruling that state legislators improperly diluted the political power of Black voters in establishing ...
A federal judge struck down Georgia’s Republican-drawn congressional and state legislative maps Thursday, ruling they violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of Black voters. U.S.
The president has pressured GOP-led states to redraw maps to expand Republican control of Congress — but Georgia lawmakers indicate they’re waiting on the Supreme Court before making any moves. Lawyer ...
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 ...
In the rapidly changing political battleground of Georgia, a federal judge’s order will force the state to redo its district maps to ensure Black representation reflects their tremendous population ...
ATLANTA - Georgia Republicans on Friday proposed to redraw the state’s congressional districts to create a new court-ordered Black majority district, maintaining the current 9-5 Republican ...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - (AP) - Challengers on Thursday told a federal appeals court that Georgia lawmakers are still violating Black voters’ rights after redrawing the state’s congressional and ...
The judge found that the Georgia legislature had complied with orders to allow Black voters an equal opportunity to elect representatives of their choice. By Maya King and Emily Cochrane Maya King, ...