The Supreme Court heard rare second-round oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, a case that could fundamentally weaken or eliminate Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The case questions whether Louisiana’s creation of a second majority-Black congressional district (which elected Rep. …
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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down North Carolina’s comprehensive voter restriction law, ruling it targeted African American voters ‘with almost surgical precision.’ The 2013 law eliminated same-day registration, reduced early voting, ended out-of-precinct voting, and …
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