Redistricting fight surges in South, diluting Black voting power - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Redistricting fight surges in South, diluting Black voting power - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

By David A. Lieb and Jeffrey Collins Contributing Writers JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (AP) – Missouri’s top court heard an important legal challenge May 12 to one of President Donald Trump’s earliest redistricting successes, while lawmakers in Louisiana and South Carolina weigh whether to become the latest Republican states to redraw U.S. House districts ahead of the November midterm elections. Rather than waning, a national redistricting battle th…