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State Sen. Bo Hatchett, R-Cornelia, speaks regarding redistricting bill HB 1EX during the special legislative session at the Capitol in Atlanta on Tuesday, December 5, 2023.
Republicans who control the Georgia legislature on Thursday finalized a new congressional map that safeguards their party’s dominance in state politics and dashes, for the time being, Democrats ...
U.S. District Judge Steve Jones said the current maps must be redrawn by Dec. 8, in a win for voting rights activists who argued the state’s maps dilute the power of Black voters.
Republicans in the state violated a landmark civil rights law in drawing maps that diluted the power of Black voters, a federal judge in Atlanta ruled. By Emily Cochrane and Rick Rojas Republicans ...
The Georgia Capitol is seen on Aug. 27, 2022, in front of the Atlanta skyline. State lawmakers will gather Wednesday to start work on new political district maps.
ATLANTA — A federal judge has ruled that Georgia's congressional and state legislative districts must be redrawn before the 2024 election, reshaping the fight for control of Congress and the ...
Due to the upcoming 2024 election, the window of opportunity to redraw the maps is rapidly closing. During a Dec. 20 hearing, the Georgia Secretary of State's office said the new district lines ...
A federal judge in Georgia signed off Thursday on congressional districts redrawn this month by the state’s Republican-led legislature, ruling that the new map did not continue to illegally ...
Georgia Republicans just shredded Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath’s suburban Atlanta district — but she says she will fight to remain in Congress. The Republican-controlled state Legislature on ...
A federal judge ruled Thursday that some of Georgia's congressional, state Senate and state House districts were drawn in a racially discriminatory manner, ordering the state to draw an additional ...
And while the new maps created an additional majority Black congressional district, two in the State Senate and five in the Statehouse, Republicans also effectively drew Ms. McBath, the Black ...