Republicans who control the Georgia legislature on Thursday finalized a new congressional map that safeguards their ... cannot bring lawsuits under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Georgia’s ... cannot remedy the Section 2 violations described herein by eliminating minority opportunity districts elsewhere in the plans.” The Republicans’ map appears to do just that ...

Challengers tell a federal appeals court that Georgia lawmakers haven’t done enough to end illegal harms to Black voters ...

In a 516-page October ruling, U.S. District Judge Steve Jones ruled that the legislative maps Georgia’s General Assembly passed in 2021 violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and ...

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 ...

A federal court on Thursday found that Georgia’s congressional map violates the Voting Rights Act, the latest Southern state to have its map struck down for discriminating against Black voters.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In late October, a federal court ruled that Georgia’s electoral maps violated ...

Challengers argue that Georgia's redrawn ... should revert to the maps that lawmakers drew in 2021 before Jones ruled they were illegal under the 1964 Voting Rights Act. Section 2 of that law ...