Morning Digest: Redistricting scrambled California's House map. Here's our guide to unscrambling it

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James …

Morning Digest: Illinois' new congressional map double bunks two pairs of incumbents

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

Voting Rights Roundup: New York Democrats pass law to ban gerrymandering at county government level

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● New York: Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a law that aims to ban gerrymandering in elections for county legislatures across the state. The new law requires that mapmakers follow …

Voting Rights Roundup: Lawsuit against Texas GOP's anti-Latino gerrymanders faces long odds in court

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● Texas: Texas’ Republican-run legislature has given final approval to new sets of congressional and legislative gerrymanders that will lock in GOP majorities by diminishing the …

Voting Rights Roundup: Arkansas' GOP governor greenlights new House map but invites critics to sue

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● AR Redistricting: In a surprise, Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced on Wednesday that he’d allow Arkansas’ new congressional map to become law without his signature, …

Morning Digest: Prominent California congresswoman overheard saying she'll run for Los Angeles mayor

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

Voting Rights Roundup: Michigan GOP plots stealth voting restrictions to circumvent governor's veto

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● Michigan: Michigan Republicans have launched an effort to adopt new statutory voting restrictions via ballot initiative, but in reality, it’s an attempt by GOP lawmakers to use …

Morning Digest: Top Oregon Democrat launches bid to become nation's first lesbian governor

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

Voting Rights Roundup: House Democrats pass historic bill to restore and expand Voting Rights Act

Programming Note: The Voting Rights Roundup will be taking a break the week of Sept. 4 but will return the following week.

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● Congress: On Tuesday, House Democrats voted along party lines …

Voting Rights Roundup: New York Democrats advance bill to ban gerrymandering by county governments

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● New York: Democratic legislators have passed a bill that would apply nonpartisan redistricting criteria to local governments in 23 counties that have their own county charters, opening …

Morning Digest: Democrats romped statewide in Georgia, but the GOP's gerrymanders are brutal as ever

The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel …

Voting Rights Roundup: Texas Dems stop GOP voting restrictions with walkout, but the bill may return

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● Texas: In a dramatic turn of events, Texas Republicans finalized the details of a far-reaching voting restriction bill and tried to pass it in the middle of the night over the Memorial …

Voting Rights Roundup: Arizona GOP's bill strips Dem election chief's power only until her term ends

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● Arizona: Republicans have passed a bill in committees in the state Senate and House that would strip Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs of the power to defend the state in …

Illinois' Supreme Court elections could lead to a decade of GOP minority rule unless Democrats act

Five years ago, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled 4-3 along party lines to block a Republican-backed effort to place a redistricting initiative on the ballot that would have, counterintuitively, …

Voting Rights Roundup: New Hampshire GOP advances two-tier voting system to thwart federal reforms

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● New Hampshire: New Hampshire Republicans have approved an amendment to a bill along party lines in a state House committee that could pave the way for the creation of two separate …