by Dave Williams | Dec 6, 2023 | James Magazine
The General Assembly’s Republican majorities gave final passage to new legislative district maps Tuesday over objections from minority Democrats that the state House and Senate maps violate the Voting Rights Act. Voting along party lines, the Georgia House of...
by Dave Williams | Dec 5, 2023 | News, News 2
A Republican-dominated legislative committee approved a new congressional map for Georgia Monday over objections that it doesn’t comply with a federal court order that found the current map violates the Voting Rights Act. The proposed map, approved by the Senate...
by Dave Williams | Dec 4, 2023 | News, News 2
The Georgia Senate’s Republican majority released a new congressional map for the Peach State Friday aimed at creating an additional Black majority district as ordered by a federal judge. The proposed map, which the General Assembly will begin considering next week,...
by Dave Williams | Dec 1, 2023 | James Magazine
The Georgia House and Senate redistricting committees approved new district lines for their respective legislative chambers Thursday, in keeping with a court ruling that the current district maps violate the Voting Rights Act. On the second day of a special...
by Dave Williams | Nov 28, 2023 | James Magazine
A proposed state Senate redistricting map released Monday would create two additional Black majority districts in the General Assembly’s upper chamber in keeping with a federal court order. Senate District 17 in Henry and Newton counties and Senate District 28...