#Alabama lawmakers approved a plan Friday for new #US #House #primaries if courts allow the state to use different congressional districts in this year’s elections, sending the #legislation to #Republican Gov. Kay Ivey.
The move came the same day that the #Virginia Supreme Court dealt a major setback to #Democrats by overturning a #redistricting plan that could have helped Democrats win as many as 4 additional House seats.
#law #ElectionLaw #midterms #VotingRights
https://apnews.com/article/alabama-redistricting-map-congress-voting-rights-trump-81f6a232ea75a9d62efe3e40f14f8488
Meanwhile, #Republican lawmakers in #Louisiana & #SouthCarolina also presented congressional #redistricting plans that faced staunch opposition from #CivilRights activists & #Democrats.
#Republicans in Southern states have been moving quickly to try to capitalize on a recent #SCOTUS ruling in a Louisiana case that significantly weakened #VotingRights Act protections for minorities.
#Tennessee enacted new congressional districts Thurs that carve up a Democratic-held, #Black-majority district in #Memphis. The state Democratic Party sued Friday, seeking to prevent the districts from being used until after this year’s elections because of the tight time frame.
Even before #SCOTUS’ ruling, #Republicans & #Democrats were engaged in a #redistricting battle initiated by #Trump, each seeking an edge in the #midterms that will determine control of the closely divided #House.
No, the redistricting was not initiated by Trump. The process was in motion before he latched onto it.
To buy the story that it was initiated by him only plays into his marketing game. It buys the dishonest rhetoric that got him reelected.
We should not support him like that.
