via - Democracy Docket — The NAACP and a coalition of pro-voting groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging Tennessee’s new Republican congressional gerrymander that dismantled the state’s only majority-Black district just days after the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights act. The post Voting rights groups accuse Tennessee GOP of racially targeting Black voters in latest gerrymander lawsuit appeared first on Democracy Docket .

via - Democracy Docket — Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R) removed Democratic lawmakers from House committees Tuesday after they protested the GOP's newly enacted congressional gerrymander that eliminated the state's lone majority-Black district. The post Tennessee Republicans strip Democrats from committees after protesting anti-Black gerrymander appeared first on Democracy Docket .

via - Democracy Docket — Tennessee’s congressional gerrymander, which wiped out the state’s only Black-majority district, has drawn another lawsuit. The post Tennessee gerrymander ‘unlawfully targeted Black voters,’ new lawsuit claims appeared first on Democracy Docket .

via - Democracy Docket — The NAACP filed an emergency lawsuit Thursday seeking to block Tennessee's new congressional gerrymander, arguing the GOP’s rushed effort to dismantle the state’s lone majority-Black district was not only racist but outright illegal under Tennessee law and the state constitution. The post NAACP sues to stop Tennessee GOP gerrymander that dismantles majority-Black district appeared first on Democracy Docket .

via - Democracy Docket — In the aggressive congressional gerrymander they adopted Thursday, Tennessee Republicans also removed a provision in state law requiring the government to alert voters about changes to their designated polling places when electoral lines are redrawn. The post ‘Jim Crow on steroids’: Tennessee gerrymander included nixing rule that voters must be notified about new districts appeared first on Democracy Docket .

via - Democracy Docket — Heeding President Donald Trump’s call, Republicans in Tennessee moved forward with legislation to clear the way for their aggressive gerrymander just months before the midterm elections. The post Tennessee GOP advances aggressive gerrymander demanded by Trump appeared first on Democracy Docket .

via - Democracy Docket — Democratic lawmakers, civil rights leaders and protesters converged on the Tennessee State Capitol as Republicans began work to enact a new congressional gerrymander just days after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act decision — a move voting advocates say would dismantle Black voting power. The post Tennessee Democrats, civil rights leaders rebuke ‘racist’ new gerrymander as GOP begins session to dismantle only majority-Black district appeared first on Democracy Docket .

via - Democracy Docket — Tennessee Republicans are moving toward a potential mid-cycle gerrymander that could eliminate the state’s last Democratic congressional seat — targeting a majority-Black district in Memphis in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision gutting the Voting Rights Act. The post Tennessee Republicans eye new gerrymander to eliminate state’s last Democratic district following Voting Rights Act carnage appeared first on Democracy Docket .