Supreme Court that has upended voting rules nationwide to hear redistricting case in December | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

New York City recently weighed in on Evenwel v. Abbott, a U.S. Supreme Court case that could overhaul voting districts. The issue at hand: Should state governments only count eligible voters, not total population, when mapping out voting districts? The justices are scheduled to hear the case in December. New York City has filed a brief…