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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Redistricting is rampant ahead of the U.S. House midterm elections. What states are taking action?
A partisan redistricting battle among states has accelerated ahead of the November midterm elections following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act and opened the way for states to try to eliminate voting districts drawn for racial minorities.
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