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decision by the supreme court to severely weaken Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Damon T Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee, issued this statement: “*Black Americans have never been fully
supreme court effectively decimated the Voting Rights Act, said the decision sends the US “backwards”. The 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v Callais on Wednesday weakens a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, opening
decision represents a major reinterpretation of the landmark [Voting Rights Act of 1965](https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/live-results-us-election-day-2016/us-elections-2016-who-can-vote/index.html) – in particular, its provision designed to protect minority voters from having their political power diluted. It is unclear
Rights Act](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-future-00898949) and [triggered a Republican-led](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/voting-rights-act-2026-midterms-republicans-gerrymandering-redistricting-00899022?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it) push to redraw districts across the South. Kemp made it clear that he will not be a part of that push this
decision could upend Alaska’s crucial Senate race In the villages that dot Kodiak Island off the coast of southwest Alaska, the post arrives by plane. Mailing a ballot to the archipelago’s hub takes