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A federal district court judge ruled that new maps for Georgia’s House, Senate and Congressional districts will be allowed to take effect in 2024.

A federal judge has accepted Georgia's new voting maps that benefit Republicans after questions were raised about the fairness given to Black voters in the state.

A federal judge on Thursday approved a new congressional map in Georgia, which maintains the overall partisan split of the state’s congressional delegation.…

Republicans likely to preserve state’s congressional majority as maps play central role in 2024 House battle

The Republican-led legislature had drawn new state and congressional maps during a December special session, after a federal judge in Atlanta said the original districts created after the 2020 census violated the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act.

A federal judge in Georgia on Thursday approved the state’s Republican-drawn congressional maps that both add a majority-Black district and deal a major win to the state’s GOP as it looks to keep its majority. U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones issued a 15-page order Thursday that accepted the newly drawn maps, stating the Georgia…

The judge found that the Georgia legislature had complied with orders to allow Black voters an equal opportunity to elect representatives of their choice.

With at least three 2024 elections around the corner, the window of opportunity to introduce new maps is rapidly closing.

Meadows' Appeal to Move to Federal Court Denied

A federal appeals court ruled that former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows can't take his 2020 Georgia election case to federal court.