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Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared inclined to limit the use of the Voting Rights Act to force states to draw electoral districts favorable to minority voters. The court's six conservative ...
CNN

A ‘blue wall’ victory is not complete without Omaha’s blue dot

The battlegrounds of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania may be pivotal in the race for the White House, but winning those blue wall states alone do not guarantee a campaign victory without something ...
CNN

Nebraska governor ends push to change the way state awards electoral votes in blow to Trump

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen said Tuesday that he has “no plans to call a special session” to change the way the state allocates electoral votes to a winner-take-all system, ending an effort led by Donald ...
KSAT

Harris eyes a rural Maine congressional district in a hunt for every possible electoral vote

LEWISTON, Maine – Rob Rogers has seen his rural corner of New England turn into a stronghold for Donald Trump in two consecutive elections. But this year he's feeling hopeful that Vice President ...
Newsday

Nebraska and Maine split their electoral votes. Here's how it worked

WASHINGTON — Forty-eight states and Washington, D.C., award all their presidential electoral votes to the candidate who wins statewide. Then there's Nebraska and Maine. Both states split their ...
Yahoo

Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century, a ...