Republicans in Georgia violated a landmark civil rights law in drawing voting maps that diluted the power of Black voters, a federal judge in Atlanta ruled on Thursday, ordering that new maps must ...

Three lawsuits against Georgia’s voting maps were filed in 2021, after some argued new districts approved by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp after the 2020 Census were designed to increase the number ...

A federal judge struck down Georgia’s Republican-drawn congressional and state legislative maps Thursday, ruling they violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of Black voters. U.S ...

Georgia's plans enacted in 2021 were used in the 2022 elections. Jones allowed the challenged maps to go into effect after ruling that it was too close to the elections to make changes. An attorney ...

But Judge Steve C. Jones of the Northern District of Georgia, who first struck down the maps in late October, said that the legislature had now done enough to comply with the Voting Rights Act ...

Georgia lawmakers have until Dec. 8 to approve maps that comply with the federal Voting Rights Act, which prohibits discriminatory voting practices based on race and other traits.

See election results, maps, county-by-county vote counts and more for Georgia’s races on Nov. 3, 2020. 2020 Georgia Election Results | Canton Repository Skip to main content ...

Georgia Republicans’ New Voting Maps Defy Court Order to Boost Black Representation They are a “blatant attempt to make me lose my seat,” says Rep. Lucy McBath.