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.

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 ...

In a 516-page order released Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones wrote that the current political maps drawn by Republican ... breakdown is not so simple. "Georgia has a very different ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Voters wait in line to cast their ballot early at the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Ga ... congressional maps that judges have deemed discriminatory. In June 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that Alabama’s ...