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recent decision in [Louisiana](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/louisiana) v Callais, a case that centered on the state’s congressional maps, severely weakened the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The fallout from the decision was swift, with several
redistricting maps, eliminating the state’s one Democratic, Black-majority congressional district. Other southern states, like [Mississippi](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/06/mississippi-redistricting-old-capitol), are expected to follow suit. But the struggle for voter enfranchisement
recent US Supreme Court decision severely weakening the [Voting Rights Act](/news/2026/4/30/has-the-us-supreme-court-weakened-the-voting-rights-act-and-how), has supercharged the Republicans’ congressional gerrymandering advantage heading into this year’s midterm elections. The ruling could bolster Republican hopes of keeping their
recent decision gutting the provision of the Voting Rights Act preventing racial discrimination, and held on a site integral to the state’s history of Black disenfranchisement. Section 2 “stopped states, counties, cities, from passing
Southern states as Republicans try to leverage a US Supreme Court ruling that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act, AP reports. The court ruled that Louisiana relied too heavily on race when creating a second
recent violence, neither Iran nor the U.S. seems inclined to return to war**, NPR's Aya Batrawy tells *Up First*. President Trump told reporters yesterday that the ceasefire remains in effect. But Trump continues
recently [Virginia](/news/2026/4/22/virginia-redistricting-election-results-key-takeaways-from-democrats-win). The process has brought the issue of gerrymandering, in which legislative maps are drawn to benefit one political party over the other, to the forefront of US politics. Voting advocates have long
redistricting battle began last year after Trump pressed Texas’s Republican-controlled legislature to [redraw that state’s congressional maps](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/nov/02/us-redistrcting-congressional-map) in a bid to oust as many as five Democratic House lawmakers
redistricting drive. “Look, everybody – I think we get lost on this sometimes – everybody in South Carolina is not a rabid partisan like I am. Everybody in South Carolina is not a rabid partisan like
southern state. Some may have to return to the ballot box in a few months. Four of the state’s congressional districts are expected to hold special primaries in August, as part of a nationwide
southern states are rushing to redraw congressional maps to eliminate Democratic districts and dilute the influence of Black voters in electing candidates, a bare-knuckled blitz occurring even in some states where voting in congressional
recent strains between the UK and US by underlining that “time and again our two countries have always found ways to come together”. - **Will there be an Oval Office meeting?** Sources told the Guardian that
southern state of Georgia is set to hold its primary vote on Tuesday, drawing battle lines for November’s consequential midterm elections in the United States. Among the most closely watched races will