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• Gouverneur Ron DeSantis aus Florida hat neue Entwürfe für die Kongresswahlkreise vorgeschlagen, die darauf abzielen, den Demokraten weitere Sitze im Repräsentantenhaus des Staates zu entziehen. • Die Neugliederung der Wahlbezirke ist Teil eines landesweiten Kampfes über legislative Grenzen im Vorfeld der Zwischenwahlen 2026, wobei beide Parteien konkurrierende Vorschläge einreichen. • In Virginia stimmten die Wähler knapp für eine demokratische Neukartierung, die mehrere amtierende Republikaner gefährdet und damit die hohe Bedeutung des Redistricting verdeutlicht.

The case is part of a national redistricting fight with high stakes for the November midterm electionsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxVirginia supreme court justices on Monday questioned whether the state’s Democratic-led legislature complied with constitutional requirements when it sent a congressional redistricting plan to voters, in a case that carries high stakes for the balance of power in the US House.The new districts, which could net Democrats four additional seats, won narrow voter approval last week. But a Republican legal challenge contends the general assembly violated procedural rules by placing the constitutional amendment before voters to authorize the mid-decade redistricting. If the court agrees that lawmakers broke the rules, it could invalidate the amendment and render last week’s statewide vote meaningless. Continue reading...

Redrawn map could flip up to five seats to Republicans as Trump’s party seeks to keep control of CongressThe US supreme court formally reinstated on Monday a redrawn Texas electoral map that was designed to add more Republicans to the US House of Representatives, as Donald Trump’s party seeks to keep control of Congress in the November congressional elections.The move by the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, formalizes an interim decision it made in December to revive the map of US House districts in Texas. Continue reading...