North Dakota's legislative redistricting plan violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by illegally diluting Native American voting power, a federal judge ruled Friday.

This legislative district map was drawn by the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state. North Dakota officials were ordered by federal Judge Peter Welte to adopt the map, but an appeals court ...

Unless North Dakota lawmakers get an 11th-hour reprieve, they will miss the deadline to redraw a legislative map. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 60°F. Sunday, June 8th 2025 ...

U.S. District Judge Peter Welte's decision comes after North Dakota lawmakers failed to offer an alternative to the state's 2021 redistricting map A Forum News Service graphic illustrates the 2021 ...

The map the 32-year-old created reveals in stark detail how the proposed route for the pipeline, which stretches for 1,134 miles and transfers oil from the Bakken fields in northwest North Dakota ...

FARGO — North Dakota lawmakers should not get more time to redraw a legislative district map after a federal judge ruled the previous redistricting efforts diluted the Native American vote, a ...

Following a four-day trial, a US federal judge ruled on Friday that North Dakota’s 2021 legislative redistricting plan violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) because it dilutes the voting power ...