‘This is not democracy’: voting rights activists shocked by speed of US states moving to stifle Black voters

Source: US news | The Guardian · Bias: Center Left

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Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and other southern states stun residents with all-out charge to redraw congressional maps to favor white voters after supreme court rulingThe reaction speed of southern states to the US supreme court’s decision last week in Louisiana v Callais has been breathtaking for voting rights activists.One week after Callais, Louisiana’s governor has ordered the state’s ongoing congressional election to be set aside while state lawmakers redraw maps to eliminate a Democratic-majority – that is, a Black-majority – seat covering Baton Rouge. Continue reading...

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‘This is not democracy’: voting rights activists shocked by speed of US states moving to stifle Black voters
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‘This is not democracy’: voting rights activists shocked by speed of US states moving to stifle Black voters

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Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and other southern states stun residents with all-out charge to redraw congressional maps to favor white voters after supreme court rulingThe reaction speed of southern states to the US supreme court’s decision last week in Louisiana v Callais has been breathtaking for voting rights activists.One week after Callais, Louisiana’s governor has ordered the state’s ongoing congressional election to be set aside while state lawmakers redraw maps to eliminate a Democratic-majority – that is, a Black-majority – seat covering Baton Rouge. Continue reading...