"If the high court overturns the act's Section 2 a provision that bans racial discrimination in voting GOP-controlled states could redraw at least 19 more voting districts for the House of Representatives in favor of Republicans, according to a recent report by the voting rights advocacy groups Black Voters Matter Fund and Fair Fight Action. And depending on when the court rules in the case, known as Louisiana v. Callais, some number of the seats could be redistricted prior to next year's midterm election."
"A ruling gutting Section 2 could have a cascading effect on congressional maps in mostly Southern states where Republicans either control both legislative chambers and the governor's office or have a veto-proof majority in the legislature and where voting is racially polarized, with Black voters tending to vote Democratic and white voters tending to vote Republican."
Louisiana v. Callais returns to the U.S. Supreme Court to address the constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Overturning Section 2 would remove a federal ban on racial discrimination in voting and could allow GOP-controlled states to redraw districts that dilute minority voting power. Voting rights groups estimate at least 19 additional House districts could be redrawn to favor Republicans, with some changes potentially implemented before next year’s midterm election depending on timing. A conservative-majority court scheduled a rare second round of oral arguments. The change would disproportionately affect Southern states with racially polarized voting and Republican legislative control.
Read at www.npr.org
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]