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• El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, presentó nuevos mapas de distritos electorales que podrían eliminar escaños demócratas adicionales en la Cámara. • La propuesta de redistribución de distritos se centra en áreas con titulares demócratas, intensificando las batallas antes de las elecciones de mitad de período de 2026. • Los republicanos ven esto como clave para mantener la mayoría en la Cámara, mientras que los demócratas advierten sobre tácticas de supresión de votantes.

En el centro del caso estaba la cuestión de hasta qué punto se les permite a los legisladores considerar la raza cuando rediseñan los distritos. Regístrese en el correo electrónico de Breaking News US para recibir alertas de boletines en su bandeja de entrada. La Corte Suprema de los EE. UU. ha dictaminado que Luisiana tendrá que rediseñar su mapa del Congreso en un caso histórico de derechos de voto. En el centro del caso, Louisiana v Callais, se encontraba la espinosa cuestión de hasta qué punto se les permite a los legisladores considerar la raza cuando rediseñan los distritos para asegurar que los votantes negros estén representados adecuadamente. La corte suprema escuchó inicialmente los argumentos orales en el caso el pasado marzo, pero tomó la medida inusual de pedir a los abogados que volvieran a argumentar el caso el pasado otoño. Al programar el caso para una nueva argumentación, los magistrados aumentaron la importancia del caso, pidiendo a los abogados que se centraran en si la sección 2 de la Voting Rights Act era constitucional. Siga leyendo...

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...

Proposal from Ron DeSantis would net Republicans up to four additional US House seats ahead of midterm electionsRon DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, on Monday unveiled his proposal for redistricting his state’s congressional maps, a move he hopes will net his party up to four additional House seats in November’s midterm elections.The long-awaited reveal, which will be debated during a special session of Florida’s legislature called by DeSantis beginning Tuesday, is the latest, and possibly final, act of a nationwide “gerrymandering” battle for control of Congress sparked by Donald Trump that looks increasingly to be moving back in Republicans’ favor. Continue reading...

House Democratic leader says result should serve as a warning to Ron DeSantis after latest blow to Donald Trump’s redistricting battleHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.The vote to approve new congressional maps in Virgina could embolden Florida’s Republican-controlled state assembly to consider tit-for-tat changes to its own map, the House Democratic leader has said.If Florida Republicans proceed with this illegal scheme, they will only create more prime-pick up opportunities for Democrats.We are prepared to take them all on, and we are prepared to win. Continue reading...

Governor called referendum after president urged GOP-led states to redraw maps to protect House majorityVoters in Virginia on Tuesday approved new congressional maps intended to boost Democrats’ chances of retaking the House of Representatives, in the latest blow to Donald Trump’s effort to use mid-decade redistricting to preserve his control of Congress.The tit-for-tat redistricting battle began last year after Trump pressed Texas’s Republican-controlled legislature to redraw that state’s congressional maps in a bid to oust as many as five Democratic House lawmakers in the November midterm elections. Continue reading...

Backed by Abigail Spanberger, the measure could boost Democrats and counter Donald Trump’s redistricting pushUS politics live – latest updatesVirginia voters will on Tuesday decide whether to adopt new congressional maps that could help Democrats win control of the House of Representatives and scuttle Donald Trump’s effort to use mid-decade redistricting to preserve Republican control of Congress.Polls show the referendum redrawing the maps has only a narrow lead in a state that Kamala Harris won two years ago. The issue appears to have engaged many voters, with nearly more than 1.37m ballots cast in early voting. Continue reading...