US EditionMississippi Supreme Court map violates Voting Rights Act, judge rules
- A federal judge has ordered Mississippi to redraw its Supreme Court electoral map, as it violates the Voting Rights Act and dilutes the power of Black voters.
- District Judge Sharion Aycock found that the map, enacted in 1987, cannot be used in future elections.
- The Mississippi branch of the American Civil Liberties Union stated that the map unfairly divided Mississippi's Delta region, a historically Black area.
- Aycock plans to set a deadline for the Mississippi Legislature to create a new map, a decision hailed as a correction of historic injustice by Ari Savitzky of the ACLU Voting Rights Project.
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Federal court orders Mississippi to redraw Supreme Court district lines
Federal court orders Mississippi to redraw Supreme Court district lines OXFORD, Miss. (WLBT) – The district lines that have governed Mississippi Supreme Court elections for nearly 30 years will have to be redrawn. On Tuesday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District handed down a ruling ordering the state to redraw the lines “to ensure Black voters have an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice.” The ruling is a win for t…
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