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Yesterday, Trump’s conservative majority on the Supreme Court issued a cruel ruling in the Louisiana v. Callais case, gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which made it illegal to design districts to dilute or block racial communities from finding common cause. This section of the Voting Rights Act also required a corrective action: When populations routinely boxed out of meaningful participation hit a certain threshold, political districts should reflect their growing power. Thus, political leaders couldn’t use maps as weapons to permanently silence the voices of people of color. Now, that’s all gone and the consequences will be quick and devastating.
In Florida [ [link removed] ], Mississippi [ [link removed] ], Tennessee [ [link removed] ], Louisiana [ [link removed] ], and my home state of Georgia [ [link removed] ], Republicans are moving quickly to redraw their political maps or proposing hyperpartisan, gerrymandered maps to choose their voters and encroach their power.
A recent report [ [link removed] ] by Fair Fight (Rights & Insights ) showed that the GOP could pick up as many as 27 seats. As I wrote in a piece for MS NOW:
The Voting Rights Act ended Jim Crow. Full stop. With this decision, it’s open season — once again — on Black and brown voters at the ballot box.
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We’ve been discussing for months the devastating impact this case could have on our voting rights.
But all is not lost…here’s what we can do to fight back:
Build aggressive map strategies in blue and battleground states that protect Black communities and fair representation. Blue-state leaders must act with urgency. Leaders in Illinois and Maryland can strengthen the national firewall through fair, community-protecting maps. We still hold levers of power, and we need people to pull them now.
Win the House and push hard for the Senate.
Use any 2026 chamber victory to pass voting rights protections, investigate rigged maps, and enforce ethics and anti-corruption rules.
Fuel the lawsuits already moving through the courts to protect voters.
Fund and volunteer with voter-protection organizations that guard access and fight intimidation.
Support leaders who commit to real reform so voters pick leaders and communities set policy.

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