This Supreme Court Case Could Decide Control of Congress in 2024
Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Zuma; Tim Mossholder/Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, a case that could help decide which party controls the House of…
The Supreme Court Just Rejected Alabama’s Attempt to Deny Representation to Black Voters. Again.
Alabama state Sen. Rodger Smitherman discusses a redistricting proposal during debate at the Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on July 19, 2023. Kim Chandler/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Alabama’s attempt to avoid drawing a second majority-Black congressional district…
Trump Really, Really Doesn’t Want More People to Vote in Pennsylvania
Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In an era of mounting threats to free and fair elections ginned up by Republicans, voting rights experts agree that automatic voter registration is one of the best ways to expand access to the ballot. So when…
North Carolina Republicans Just Passed a Massive Power Grab to Seize Control of Elections
Emory Jones walks past a sign for a polling place on November 8, 2022 in Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States.Sean Rayford/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.North Carolina Republicans on Friday passed a major power grab, stripping the state’s Democratic governor of the authority…
Wisconsin Republicans Are Taking Desperate Steps to Subvert Fair Elections in 2024
Meagan Wolfe, left, and Janet ProtasiewiczMother Jones illustration; AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, Republicans in the Wisconsin state senate voted to oust the nonpartisan administrator of the state’s election commission, Meagan Wolfe, in a bid to give election deniers and conspiracy…
A Federal Court Ruled That Alabama Republicans Illegally Diluted Black Voting Power. Again.
A map of a GOP proposal to redraw Alabama’s congressional districts is displayed at the Alabama Statehouse on July 18, 2023. Kim Chandler/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A federal court struck down, for a second time, a racially gerrymandered congressional map in Alabama…