Redistricting is rampant ahead of the US House midterm elections. What states are taking action?
Republicans in several states are racing to erase majority-Black districts after the Supreme Court weakened Voting Rights Act protections, with up to 13 seats at stake.
- On Wednesday, the Supreme Court's six Republican-appointed justices effectively dismantled Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, eliminating protections that prohibited voting practices discriminating based on race.
- An unusual spate of mid-decade redistricting broke out after President Donald Trump urged Texas Republicans to reshape U.S. House districts, capitalizing on the Supreme Court's weakening of voting rights protections.
- Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry postponed the May 16 primary to redraw districts, while Alabama's 2nd congressional district would see its Black population shrink from 49 percent to 40 percent, and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee called lawmakers into special session to carve up a Black-majority district in Memphis.
- Civil rights organizations including the ACLU and NAACP sued to block Landry's primary suspension, while House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries vowed court action, saying the "DeSantis Dummymander will not stand."
- Republicans believe they could win up to 13 additional seats from new districts in Texas, Florida, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio, while the ruling positions Trump to litigate midterm outcomes if Republicans lose in November, with additional effects in 2028, according to Brookings Institution.
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Southern Republicans Are Already Deleting Black Districts
Throughout the American South is an archipelago of majority-Black congressional districts that provide some measure of Black representation in Congress. These districts owe their existence to a combination of basic electoral math, federal court orders, and legislative compromises. If Republicans have their way, all or nearly all of them will be gone in the next few months.The Supreme Court’s ruling last week in Louisiana v. Callais kicked off a …
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Demonstrators rally in Tennessee and Alabama against redistricting efforts, in photos
Republicans across several Southern states moved forward with redistricting efforts ahead of the midterm elections, despite protests and fierce opposition from Democrats and civil rights advocates. Lawmakers in Tennessee, Alabama and South Carolina debated plans that could reshape majority-Black congressional…
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