Redistricting

Redistricting between the primary and general elections means some voters might not have had a say in who’s on the ballot.

Secretary of State Denny Hoskins wants to use the GOP’s new gerrymander in the 2026 midterms, even though a pending veto referendum could put a legal hold on the map.

Last-minute redistricting is forcing primaries to be rescheduled and confusing voters, while implementation of Trump’s mail-voting executive order is up in the air.

The ruling weakened a key Voting Rights Act provision that’s driven change to election systems and local district boundaries across the state for decades.

The section of the act that the Supreme Court weakened changed how Texas drew its political maps and empowered voters and candidates of color.

The slew of new congressional maps hasn’t boosted Republicans’ midterm chances, but it will probably lead to less competitive elections.

The high court’s decision to effectively neuter a key section of the Civil Rights Era law is likely to ripple into the battleground state’s next redistricting cycle. Experts said its full implications for the state’s maps remain unclear.

Section 2 historically hasn’t been much of an issue in the state, due to its geography and politics

State legislative and congressional maps are less likely to be affected — for now.

The implications are hard to predict, but some say it could alter political maps, though likely not before the midterm elections.

The ruling struck down Louisiana’s congressional map, but with primaries looming, most states don’t have time to redraw maps before the 2026 elections.

A Supreme Court case could turbocharge mid-decade gerrymandering.

Voter registration cards still haven’t gone out in some counties, thanks to the mid-cycle redistricting and problems with a state system.

The stories Votebeat covered this year will resonate during the midterm elections.

GOP push to exclude some noncitizens raises questions over the future of redistricting.

In recent weeks, redistricting has wreaked havoc in Texas, Indiana, and North Carolina.

The ruling is a major win for the Trump administration and Texas Republicans, who engineered the map to give the GOP control of 30 of the state’s 38 congressional districts.

Legal battle over the state’s mid-decade redistricting continues ahead of the candidate filing deadline.

It’s a technical, often confusing process involving maps, math, and politics. Here are 7 questions to test your knowledge.

First, a switch to new congressional maps. Now, a switch back to the old ones, with a key deadline approaching, and another reversal still possible.