The Cavalier Daily received written statements from two School of Law professors who offered their analysis of the ruling’s ...
Partisan electoral redistricting can allow politicians to choose their voters, effectively disenfranchising some citizens. The Supreme Court has allowed partisan redistricting, which can create ...
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting the Voting Rights Act has some Democrats asking whether California could go further in redrawing maps to target GOP districts.
A recent Supreme Court decision is sparking a major push for partisan redistricting. Douglas Rissing, iStock/Getty Images Plus Claire B. Wofford, College of Charleston and Jordan Ragusa, College of ...
Partisan gerrymandering, once a dominant tool for Democrats, has shifted in favor of Republicans as redistricting battles ahead of the midterm elections reach a fever pitch. The Virginia Supreme Court ...
Late last month, the US Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana congressional district that had been drawn to have a majority of Black voters. In the process, the high court eviscerated a key provision ...
Gov. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia urged her fellow Democrats, including the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, to stop talking about drawing new congressional lines for partisan advantage. By ...
What happened: Virginia’s top court voided a redistricting amendment approved by voters, citing a procedural violation tied to early voting definitions. Why it matters: The ruling preserves current ...
Four GOP governor candidates debated at Wofford College in Spartanburg frequently agreeing on policy while staking out areas of division.
New U.S. House districts that could help Republicans win several additional seats in Florida got their first test in court Friday against assertions that they violate a state constitutional ban on ...
I am not the first one to observe that electoral redistricting often allows politicians to choose their voters. Clearly, this turns democracy upside down. They get to pick before we get a chance to ...