Supreme Court Appears Poised to Weaken Voting Rights Act

Fair Fight Action and the Black Voters Matter Fund argue that if Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is invalidated, it could significantly increase the likelihood of Republicans maintaining control over the House of Representatives for years.

Research has identified 27 congressional seats nationwide that could be redrawn to benefit Republicans, contingent on the current legal and political landscape remaining unchanged.

Nineteen of these changes are directly tied to the potential loss of Section 2 protections.

As the nation awaits the Supreme Court ruling, there’s now a push in some states to consider creating their own version of a “Voting Rights Act.”Courts & Judiciary

Zakiya Summers, a Democrat from Mississippi, and Johnny DuPree, a Democrat from the state senate, both introduced bills that would make a state-level version of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The law would set up a Mississippi voting rights commission. This commission would have to give its approval before any changes to election policy or practice could be made in certain areas. It would also protect people who don’t speak English very well and add other protections.