Virginia Supreme Court allows ruling blocking redistricting election to stand — for now

• Though not final, the ruling raises concerns that the state's highest court could overturn the will of Virginia voters.
  
  
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Florida lawmakers advance GOP gerrymander

• In a 7-3 vote, a Florida House committee passed Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) aggressive gerrymander, which could secure Republicans four more seats in Congress ahead of the 2026 midterms. GOP leaders have signaled both chambers will give final approval to the plan Wednesday.
  
  
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• During the hearing, the mapdrawer, who works in the governor’s office, said he “drew this map as a race-neutral map, without consideration for race.” He was cut off by people laughing at him. The committee chair announced: “There will not be laughter.”

DOJ indicts Comey over anti-Trump seashell photo 🐚

• The DOJ indicted former FBI Director James Comey again, this time over a social media post from last year of seashells arranged to read “86 47,” an anti-Trump slogan.
  
  
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DOJ 0-6 on grabs for states’ voter data

• An Arizona court dismissed an anti-voting lawsuit that demanded the state provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database.
  
  
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Despite battles over voting, comity reigns at meeting of federal elections panel

• At an annual meeting of a key federal election administration agency, officials agreed that U.S. elections, while already safe and secure, could be improved. But to do so, they said they need more money. And lots of it.
  
  
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Fulton County again turns Harmeet Dhillon's comments against DOJ in ballot seizure case

• In a new filing, Fulton County, Georgia cited Harmeet Dhillon’s latest comments suggesting the DOJ escalated its efforts to obtain 2020 election materials from civil to criminal enforcement. That could bolster the county’s claim that the warrant was “pretextual.”
  
  
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Loss: Wisconsin court dismisses lawsuit challenging congressional map

• The ruling marks the end, for this year, of a legal effort to redraw Wisconsin’s heavily skewed congressional districts, leaving in place a map widely criticized for favoring Republicans in a closely divided state.
  
  
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Coming up tomorrow

• The Missouri Court of Appeals will hear arguments on the misleading ballot language proposed for a referendum to block the state’s new gerrymandered congressional map. 
  
  
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