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Polls Now Closed In Much Of Michigan
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Utahns won’t vote this year on whether to give lawmakers power to gerrymander maps
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OpinionGarret Graves: Closed primary results in incredible shrinking La. electorate: America was born from a simple but powerful principle: Government derives its ...
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Joe Scarborough Trashes Bill Cassidy for Iran Vote U-Turn After His Closed-Door Throwdown With Trump
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OpinionEditorial: SC Republican voters didn’t support closed primaries; no one asked them to
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Fine. But He Needs to Win. Case Closed. : I don’t know what to believe about Graham Platner’s past. But I know this ...
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Judge Allows Florida House Map That Could Add 4 Republican Seats: The plaintiffs had sought a temporary restraining order, arguing that the map violated a state ...
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Key FactsFlorida Court Approves Controversial New Congressional Map
May 27, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- A Florida judge denied a temporary block on the state’s new congressional map amid ongoing legal challenges.
- The map is projected to add four Republican seats in the upcoming November midterm elections.
- Plaintiffs claim the map violates a 2010 voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering.
- The judge ruled that the potential partisan bias in the new map was less problematic than constitutional issues in the prior map.
the potential partisan intent in the 2026 map is the lesser of the two evils.— Judge Joshua M. Hawkes, Second Judicial Circuit in Tallahassee; wrote this in denying the temporary injunction.
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Louisiana voters reject all 5 constitutional amendments in May election: Voters across Louisiana rejected all five constitutional amendments in the May election.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed homestead tax break on two homes, records show
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The Death of Competition in American Elections: A vast majority of 2024 races for Congress and state legislatures were decided by low-turnout or meaningless ...
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How Did the GOP Win the House? Gerrymandering: According to a new analysis, Republicans won a net 16-seat advantage due to manipulated maps drawn for party ...
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Ohio Voters Reject Ban on Partisan Gerrymanders: The issue was perhaps the most closely watched among the many democracy-related ballot measures in the country.
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