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States enact more than 400 election-related bills in first seven months of 2026

Welcome to Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia's Weekly Election Policy Digest. Every Tuesday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including nationwide trends and recent legislative activity.

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‘They wanted to disrupt black voting power’: The fight against redistricting and the GOP’s effort to silence a ballot demographic

ANALYSIS: The Supreme Court loosened the rules allowing redistricting. Eric Garcia breaks down the numbers and they show that Black voters are protesting with their ballots — and their growing numbers could swing 2026 midterms

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Kamala Harris' 'SAVE Act' Warning Goes Viral After Trump Shares Clip: Fact-Check Reveals What She Missed

Kamala Harris's viral video criticising the SAVE America Act highlights concerns over voter registration barriers, though the bill allows more identification options than she mentioned.

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New Survey Data on Public Perceptions of the Supreme Court

A detailed Marquette Law School poll finds public views of the Court are modestly negative, but most major recent decisions enjoy majority public support.

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Republican disenfranchisement bid drives Black voters to polls, study finds

Black voters in south motivated to turn out by Republican push to redraw maps after supreme court ruling

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Updating The Wall of Receipts For President Trump's Three Appointees

How have Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett voted over the past year on the interim and certiorari dockets?

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Brian Fitzpatrick Makes the Case for Callais

An argument in support of the Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act jurisprudence one is unlikely to hear in academia.

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Louisiana House candidate accused of rape says he hopes to again ‘earn’ Trump endorsement

Republican Blake Miguez is weighing what district to run in after state redrew map following supreme court decision

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Louisiana enacts 20 election bills during 2026 session, including new congressional maps and voter ID changes

The Louisiana Legislature adjourned its regular session on June 1 after passing 20 election-related bills, one resolution, and one proposed constitutional amendment. Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed all 20 bills in May and June.

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My New Lawfare Article on "Why Callais Doesn't Justify Court-Packing"

Court-packing would cause great harm, including by boosting power-grabbing presidents like Trump. Callais's flaws are better addressed by other means.

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Office of Legal Counsel Concludes That Disparate Impact Liability Under Title VII Is Unconstitutional

Two decades after Justice Scalia's Ricci concurrence, the "war between disparate impact and equal protection will be waged" very soon.

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The Supreme Court For The First Time Refers To Our "Colorblind Constitution"

130 years later, Justice Harlan's Plessy dissent is now the "supreme law of the land."

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The Supreme Court Reverses Inferior Court Supremacy In Alabama

Alabama has no obligation to follow a vacated order, and had every right to challenge a district court's order until it is settled by the Supreme Court.

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Supreme court approves Alabama map that erases majority-Black district

Court decision that represents win for Republicans comes after lengthy battle over state’s congressional map

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Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow use of new congressional map

Alabama officials asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to halt a lower-court ruling that blocked the use of a new congressional map in this fall’s elections. In the pair of applications filed Wednesday, officials urged the justices to either pause the lower-court ruling pending a full appeal or set aside…

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‘We’re going backwards’: Black political power under threat in Alabama after Voting Rights Act gutting

US supreme court ruling could eliminate two majority-Black districts and entrench Republican control from Congress to county school boards

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Mississippi — one of nine states with supreme court districts — could redraw the districts in the next year

Welcome to the Wednesday, May 27, 2026, Brew.

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A closer look at state-level voting rights acts

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A closer look at state-level voting rights acts

Welcome to the Wednesday, May 20, 2026, Brew.

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Hawaii Gov. Joshua Green signs bill restricting corporate political activity

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GOP senators push for challenge to House maps in Democratic states

Senate Republicans used a hearing Tuesday to push the Trump administration to file lawsuits challenging congressional maps in California, Illinois and other Democrat-controlled states in the wake of a Supreme Court decision rolling back the Voting Rights Act. The hearing comes weeks after the Supreme Court’s six-justice conservative majority in…

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NAACP urges boycott of college sports in south over voting rights

Eight states have moved to draw new maps after supreme court ruling that severely weakened the Voting Rights Act

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After Kneecapping the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court’s Conservative Bloc Kicks Native American Lawsuits Back to Square One

Slamming the door on future lawsuits?

Reason

Why is the Court GVRing Cases In Light Of Callais That Did Not Turn On The Issues In Callais?

I think the Court is hoping these cases go away on the merits and they won't have to deal with them.

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Mike Johnson shrugs off Black voters’ concerns about GOP gerrymandering: ‘This brings back fairness’

Johnson’s home state of Louisiana will draw out a second majority-Black district after the Supreme Court’s ruling that all but killed the Voting Rights Act

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