Here is an important update from yesterday. 

• In Mississippi, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asked to join a federal lawsuit challenging a Mississippi law that creates an unelected court system in Jackson and packs an existing court with unelected judges. The DOJ alleges the law discriminates against Jackson's majority-Black residents.

Here are some updates from today.

• In New York, an appellate state court ordered the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) to reconvene and draw new congressional districts. The court found that the IRC failed to comply with state law and fully complete its portion of the redistricting process. Get a breakdown of New York’s tumultuous redistricting process here. 

• In Alabama, the Legislature's reapportionment committee held a public hearing on congressional redistricting after the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that the state needs to draw new districts. Alabama officials previously told the court that a new congressional map would be enacted by July 21.

With the U.S. Supreme Court’s term now over, we put together a resource page with everything you need to know about voting rights and redistricting cases that have been decided by the Supreme Court in recent years or will be decided next term. Check it out here. 

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