In 2025, the Colorado legislature amended the law on legislative vacancies. The old law said party officials should choose a new legislator when a vacancy occurred. The new law said the voters of the former legislator’s party should choose the new legislator. On May 15, the League of Women Voters, and some voters, filed a federal lawsuit against the new law. League of Women Voters of Colorado v Griswold, 1:26cv-2103. Here is the Complaint. The case is assigned to Magistrate Judge Timothy P. O’Hara.

On May 19, plaintiffs filed this reply brief in Allan v Milligan, n.d., 2:21cv-1530. This is the original Alabama U.S. House redistricting case, which is still alive. Plaintiffs argue that the map the legislature passed was motivated by an attempt to discriminate against African-American voters. Thus it depends on the 14th amendment, not the federal Voting Rights Act.

The hearing will be at 9 a.m. in Birmingham on Friday, May 22. The case has a 3-judge panel.

Three federal lawsuits and one state court lawsuit are pending against the new U.S. House district boundaries in Tennessee. This article gives the status of each one.