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The state's highest court takes up a challenge today of new election maps that heavily favor Republicans. The maps, drawn by a GOP-led Legislature, give nearly a dozen congressional seats to Republicans. A three-judge Superior Court in Wake County previously acknowledged the maps were gerrymandered, but ruled there was no basis to overturn them in the state Constitution. ...
Advocates for older Michiganders are voicing concerns about a petition that could add barriers to voting and even put a voter's personal information at risk. The group "Secure MI Vote" is circulating a petition that would require people requesting an absentee ballot to share the last four digits of their Social Security or drivers' license number. It's a way to get around needing the governor's signature on legislation, since Michigan law says a petition can override a veto if it gets enough signatures from the public, but Paula Cunningham, AARP Michigan state director, said...
New York's redistricting commission had been mired in partisanship, and many had lost hope it could come up with a bipartisan proposal.
New York's redistricting commission had been mired in partisanship, and many had lost hope it could come up with a bipartisan proposal.
New York's redistricting commission had been mired in partisanship, and many had lost hope it could come up with a bipartisan proposal.