Campaign Legal Center (CLC), the UCLA Voting Rights Project and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) filed a complaint in federal court alleging that the proposed state legislative map drawn by the Washington State Redistricting Commission violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by cracking Latino voters in the Yakima Valley area and not providing Latino voters with an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice.

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and the UCLA Voting Rights Project (UCLA VRP) filed a supplemental complaint to an ongoing lawsuit alleging that Galveston County continues to discriminate against and dilute the voting strength of Black and Latino voters in denying them the opportunity to elect candidates of their choice in countywide offices. This lawsuit dates back to 2013, and CLC and UCLA VRP have joined the lawsuit to challenge the ongoing discrimination in the wake of the 2021 redistricting in the county.

This is the appendix for the Black Leaders Organizing Communities (BLOC) petitioners' brief filed on Dec. 15, 2021, including the petitioners’ proposed maps and expert reports of Dr. Ken Mayer, Dr. Loren Collingwood and Dr. David Canon. 

The Black Leaders Organizing Communities (BLOC) et al. Petitioners’ brief was filed with the Wisconsin Supreme Court in support of their proposed State Assembly and Senate plans, along with supporting analyses and materials. The BLOC petitioners allege that the current state legislative maps are unconstitutionally malapportioned and that the State Assembly map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voting strength in the Milwaukee area.

The Colorado Supreme Court issued a decision approving the independent redistricting commission’s congressional redistricting plans, over objections of CLC’s client LULAC, and others, that the plan dilutes the electoral influence of Latino voters.