North Carolina GOP announces its own new gerrymander

Monday, October 13

North Carolina GOP announces its own mid-decade gerrymander

North Carolina became the latest GOP-controlled state to announce it will gerrymander its congressional map to please President Donald Trump. Republicans in the state have scheduled a vote for next week on their mid-decade power grab aimed at cementing a GOP edge in Congress.
The move follows Trump’s call for red-state legislatures to “fix” congressional maps before 2026, a message embraced by Republican leaders from Texas to Missouri, who have already enacted their own gerrymanders.

In a federal courtroom in Texas, Republicans worked hard to keep details of their gerrymander under wraps

Democracy Docket’s Jen Rice spent the past two weeks in El Paso covering a crucial hearing on whether Texas’ Trump-approved gerrymander can be used in the midterms. From the RNC’s role to a shadowy paper trail, here are the top takeaways.

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The latest in Chicago

On Saturday, a federal appeals court let Trump keep control of Illinois’ National Guard but barred him from deploying troops into Chicago streets — for now.

Trump’s military invasion is here…

Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) called out Trump and Republicans for using U.S. Marines as political props, warning it’s a dangerous step toward authoritarianism. He told Marc why Congress must act to restore checks and balances and stop Trump from turning the military into a campaign weapon.

…but this is where the legal fight over Trump’s military deployments stands

So far, Trump has deployed the National Guard to at least five Democratic-led cities. While lawsuits swiftly followed, the courts will now decide whether to maintain traditional limits on military enforcement of federal law.

Georgia voters sue county election board over commissioners map

The Georgia NAACP and two Black voters sued the Meriwether County Board of Elections, arguing its 2022 map for electing commissioners violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voting power and eliminating the board’s only Black commissioner.

Coming up tomorrow

New York’s highest court will weigh the constitutionality of the state’s John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
The Arizona Supreme Court will hear arguments concerning whether the state’s rulemaking procedures apply when issuing Arizona’s Election Procedures Manual, a guide to voting rules for election administrators.