Arkansas' current map has five counties split into different districts. The new map has two, Sebastian and Pulaski Counties. See details of the proposed new congressional maps by following this link ...

A lawsuit filed by voters and religious leaders in Arkansas claims the state's 2021 U.S. House map is unconstitutional. The lawsuit claims the map dilutes the influence of Black voters.

Since the 2020 U.S. census, this was the second challenge to the Arkansas congressional district lines decision. All of Pulaski County was under the state's 2nd Congressional District until that year.

That map was highly criticized, as some alleged it unfairly spilt up Black voters in Pulaski County. The most populous county in Arkansas was split into three different districts.

A lawsuit challenging Arkansas' 2021 U.S. House map was dismissed by a three-judge panel. The panel could not prove race was a "predominant factor" behind the new congressional map.

Voting rights advocates from beyond Arkansas are keeping an eye on this case and are working to make sure individual voters throughout the country retain their right to use the Voting Rights Act ...

Last month, the Supreme Court ruled on South Carolina's congressional map, making it more difficult to bring racial gerrymandering claims. A man casts his vote in Little Rock, Ark., on March 5.

Cotton’s Oct. 21 tweet argued that Arkansas’ new congressional district map, drawn by Republicans in an overwhelmingly Republican state, was superior to the one drafted by Democrats, who ...