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states with a history of discriminatory practices in voting obtain federal approval before making changes to the way they hold elections. ## What is gerrymandering? Gerrymandering refers to the practice by politicians of redrawing the boundaries
state appellate judge, defeated conservative appeals court judge Maria Lazar in the race for the ten-year term. Taylor's win expands liberals’ majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court to a 5-2 split
Republican lawmakers from Florida who Democrats will “aggressively target”. “We are prepared to take them all on, and we are prepared to win, he added. “Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.” Though Virginia
state legislative maps back to lower courts to be reconsidered in light of its recent ruling in *Louisiana v. Callais*. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5787989/redistricting-map-trump-midterms-congress) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [With Virginia vote
Republican-led Southern states race to redo their congressional maps after the U.S. Supreme Court [weakened the Voting Rights Act's](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting) protections against racial discrimination, the decision's effects may be felt
Republican-controlled state legislatures in the South to eliminate at least some House districts with sizable racial minority populations currently represented by Black Democrats and that were likely protected under the Supreme Court's previous
Republican party. The four-page unsigned opinion Tuesday seemed to many election law experts to encourage more, not less chaos, as did the court's handling of its late April decision. "They've closed
gerrymandering to impounding ballots, and whether people saw them as legitimate parts of the process or a way to rig elections. Of those, Democrats and Republicans had meaningful disagreement or lacked consensus on six. Take