Many experts are forecasting the end of a key provision of election law — enabling Republicans to shore up their advantage in the House, according to a new report.

Ahead of the court’s Oct. 15 rehearing of Louisiana v. Callais — a case that has major implications for the VRA — two voting rights groups are sounding the alarm, warning that eliminating Section 2, a provision that prohibits racial gerrymandering when it dilutes minority voting power, would let Republicans redraw up to 19 House seats to favor the party and crush minority representation in Congress.

Bye bye free and fair elections by the midterms! And people called me crazy for predicting this.

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    7 days ago

    As someone from a global south neighbor put it: the West will have the same misery people like them have had, and the only thing to do is organize.