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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. et al v. Raffensperger

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:21-cv-05337

Court:

Georgia Northern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Voting

Judge:

Steve C. Jones

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  1. May 18, 2023

    Ga. Election Heads Seek Toss Of Vote Dilution Cases

    Georgia's top election officials urged a Georgia federal judge on Thursday to toss three vote dilution cases challenging the state's latest legislative maps while a group of Black voters in the state and supportive organizations pushed for judgments in their favor or to proceed to trial.

  2. March 21, 2023

    Ga.'s Raffensperger Wants End To Racial Gerrymander Suit

    Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger urged a federal court to uphold the Peach State's allegedly discriminatory election maps, claiming Black plaintiffs have proposed racially gerrymandered voting districts and have no evidence of racially polarized balloting.

  3. March 01, 2022

    Ga. Judge Upholds Divisive New Legislative Maps, For Now

    A Georgia federal judge won't stop the state from using its controversial, newly drawn legislative maps in the 2022 election cycle, despite finding that the maps likely violate the Voting Rights Act.

  4. February 07, 2022

    Ga. Redistricting Missed 'Obvious' Black District, Judge Told

    A redistricting expert told a Georgia federal judge on Monday that state legislators had missed a "drop-dead obvious" opportunity to create a new predominantly Black congressional district that would better reflect the state's diversifying population.

  5. January 28, 2022

    Ga. Judge Won't Toss Black Voters' Redistricting Challenge

    A Georgia federal judge rejected on Friday Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's attempt to dismiss a lawsuit by Black voters and civil rights organizations challenging Georgia's new redistricting maps for allegedly diluting Black voting power.

  6. January 04, 2022

    Georgia's Redistricting Maps Cut Out Black Vote, ACLU Says

    Georgia's new redistricting maps recently signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp are gerrymandered to dilute the vote of Black communities and should be declared illegal, according to a new lawsuit spearheaded by the ACLU, a historically Black fraternity and church and several Georgia voters.