‘This Is Not Democracy’: New Southern Redistricting Push Ignites Voting Rights Firestorm

Republican lawmakers in the South are rapidly redrawing congressional maps, dismantling Black voting districts, and triggering a legal and civil rights battle that threatens the important gains secured since the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. The post ‘This Is Not Democracy’: New Southern Redistricting Push Ignites Voting Rights Firestorm appeared first on The Washington Informer.

‘This Is Not Democracy’: New Southern Redistricting Push Ignites Voting Rights Firestorm

Republican lawmakers in the South are rapidly redrawing congressional maps, dismantling Black voting districts, and triggering a legal and civil rights battle that threatens the important gains secured since the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

The post ‘This Is Not Democracy’: New Southern Redistricting Push Ignites Voting Rights Firestorm appeared first on The Washington Informer.