Overview
- Tennessee’s new map, approved Thursday, breaks up Memphis and erases the state’s only majority-Black congressional district.
- In Louisiana, Governor Jeff Landry postponed U.S. House primaries a day after the ruling, leaving early voters facing canceled contests and prompting an ACLU lawsuit.
- Lawmakers in Baton Rouge reviewed GOP proposals that could cut one or both majority-Black districts as protesters filled the Capitol and civil-rights veteran Leona Tate pleaded not to silence Black voters.
- Florida enacted a GOP-friendly map, South Carolina and Alabama advanced similar efforts, and Virginia’s high court threw out a Democratic plan, shifting the national redistricting fight toward Republicans before November.
- Black clergy and civil-rights groups are organizing protests, voter drives and court challenges, while Republican officials argue for “race-neutral” lines after the Court narrowed how Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act can shield minority voting power.