Wow, no, this reporter didn't understand the issues or implications in the case.
This wasn't about gutting voting rights but rather about who gets to decide state voting issues within the normal bounds of voting rights.
The voting rights applied regardless of who was calling the shots. The legislature would have had no additional ability to intrude on those rights; legislature would have been equally bound by them.
It's like figuring out who gets to call the play in a football game. The rules of the game still applied no matter who was calling the play.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-1271_3f14.pdf