By the end of 2022, every state had a new congressional map, but legal challenges to the redrawn districts, some of which allege discrimination against people of color, have continued into the new year.
that the Black lawmakers he spoke with about the new congressional map in Mississippi said they were very pleased with it.
Similarly, in Alabama, the lower federal courts found that the state's congressional map likely violated the Voting Rights Act by discriminating against Black voters. The initial map was blocked but in February theSouthern states like Georgia and Louisiana are also facing similar challenges as courts ruled that Black voters were disenfranchised in both states.
“But just because communities of color may drive population growth, that doesn't mean they have a seat at the table,” Dan Vicuna, the national redistricting manager of“Unfortunately, in this country, there's a long history of elected officials in power using that power to either pack Black, Latino, Native American Asian voters into as few districts as possible or alternatively cracking those communities to spread voters throughout a bunch of different districts, so they have no power in...
In the meantime some states are changing their redistricting process to remove politicians from drawing the lines, because advocates say it is a conflict of interest.
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