#votingrightsact — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/people/221692/ Will the Roberts Court Kill Mail-In Voting and Subvert the Midterms? #DonaldTrump #JohnRoberts #MailVoting #SupremeCourt #VotingRightsAct

Anna Crane of the League of Women Voters of Alameda writes to the Editor to support and mark the anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. https://alamedapost.com/op-ed/letters-to-the-editor-for-august-14-2026/

#alameda #LeagueOfWomenVoters #LetterToTheEditor #VotingRightsAct

✊The Voting Rights Act is one of the most consequential civil rights achievements in our nation’s history. It helped dismantle discriminatory barriers designed to keep Black Americans from exercising their fundamental right to vote.
@[email protected]

#VRA #VotingRightsAct #CivilRights

"To discuss what the decision in #LouisianaVCallais means for future #USelections and the long erosion of #votingRights protections, from the limitations of the 15th amendment to the evisceration of the 1965 #VotingRightsAct, Adam Shatz is joined by Mara Gay, a staff writer at the New York Times, and Randall Kennedy, a professor of law at Harvard."

https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/the-long-history-of-black-voter-suppression-in-the-us
#USpol #USpolitics #UShistory #BlackHistory #civilRights #voterSuppression #racializedCommunities #justice #SCOTUS

Their Loved Ones Died to Give Us the Voting Rights Act. They Have a Message for the Supreme Court.

One of the simplest and most immediate steps Americans can take regain control of their rights is to simply vote and force accountability on politicians. “Otherwise, you sit there and moan and groan and don’t vote. They’re going to do what they want,”

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/07/voting-rights-act-andrew-goodman-family-supreme-court-callais-killers.html

Paywall free version https://archive.ph/vNuUe

#VRA #Voting #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #Slavery #JimCrow #CivilRights #CivilRightsAct #SupremeCourt #constitution #USconstitution #Callais

#democraticsocialism #lesseroftwoevils #socialsecurity #familyandmedicalleaveact #medicare #medicaid #CivilRightsActOf1960 #votingrightsact #minimumwage #overtimepay #chip #CivilRightsActOf1960 #affordablecareact #votingrightsact #violenceagainstwomenact #overtimepay #lillyledbetterfairpayact #unemploymentinsurance #inflationreductionact #peacecorps #RepectForMarriageAct #gibill #pactactforveterans #anticapitalism #antifascism

Birthdays are for kids.

I don’t think the #US needs a sad drunk clown. Oh yeah, right, they elected one.

#Trump isn’t a “drunk”, but he is constantly wired on Adderall.

Still, after you’re old enough to #vote or drink, nobody gives a shit.

I guess that means the US should’ve stopped having birthday parties in 1965, when Black women were finally allowed to vote under the #VotingRightsAct.

I guess this should be a day of mourning, as #JohnRoberts’ #SCOTUS has made gutting the #VRA a priority.

Since #SCOTUS’ April ruling, largely #white #Republican-led legislatures across the #South have moved to dismantle #Black political #power at stunning speed, breaking apart voting blocs at the urging of a failing president desperate to keep control of #Congress in this fall’s midterm #elections.

#RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

#GiftArticle

A Shocking Betrayal of #Black Americans

by Mara Gay

The dismantling of Black political #power in the South is a great betrayal, & its effects will ripple through our #democracy.

#RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/voting-rights-act-black-voters-south.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oVA.qSCM.vEpY9cDXlL3Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Over the course of several months, #SCOTUS has had a hand in congressional maps in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Virginia & California. Most of those decisions have benefited the #Republican Party.

The Alabama case is also the latest “emergency” order tied to the court’s April decision on the #VotingRightsAct, in which a 6-3 majority gutted the ability of groups to bring claims of racial #discrimination under that 1965 landmark #law.

#redistricting #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #Trump #ActivistCourt

CONSERVATIVES: Well, you women haven't lost the vote YET. So what are you complaining about?

WOMEN: You. We're complaining about you.

#conservatives #VotingRightsAct #Republicans #SAVEAMERICAAct #PROJECT2025

Until the ruling class is losing money, control, legitimacy, and stability, everything else is perfomance. And perfomance is safe.

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https://reddit.com/comments/1ttdj4l

#protest #politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #pedophile #pedo47 #epsteintrump #releasetheepsteinfiles #ice #policestate #policemilitarization #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #nowar #nokings #50501movement #votingrightsact #civildisobedience #ice #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #acab

#Louisiana Approves Map Eliminating a Majority #Black District

Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval on Friday to a new congressional map that would eliminate 1 of the state’s 2 majority-Black districts, making it the second Southern state to draw & approve carving out such a district since #SCOTUS weakened the #VotingRightsAct​ last month.

#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VRA #Trump #BigLie #ActivistCourt #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #redistricting #gerrymandering
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/us/politics/louisiana-redistricting-map-majority-black-district.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

The political drama in #SouthCarolina is part of a #Republican strategy—propelled by #Trump — to redraw voting districts to the #GOP’s advantage in an attempt to hold on to a slim #House majority in the #midterms. #Republicans have been moving quickly to try to leverage a recent #SCOTUS ruling that weakened minority protections under the federal #VotingRightsAct.

#VotingRights #VRA #redistricting #law #ElectionLaw #RepresentationMatters #WhiteSupremacy #gerrymandering #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow

If the case makes it to #SCOTUS, it will be the first major test of the high court’s new standard for challenging congressional maps. The lower court judges made clear that they had reviewed the arguments through the lens of the Supreme Court’s #VotingRightsAct ruling last month but maintained that the state’s map failed under the new standard by intentionally discriminating against #Black voters.

#VotingRights #VRA #redistricting #law #WhiteSupremacy #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #Trump

The ruling further confuses the electoral landscape across the #South, as #Republican-led legislatures have raced to implement new district lines after #SCOTUS narrowed the #VotingRightsAct of 1965. It also demonstrates how the ruling from the nation’s highest court has further muddled how lower courts interpret the landmark #CivilRights #law.

#VotingRights #VRA #redistricting #ElectionLaw #RepresentationMatters #WhiteSupremacy #gerrymandering #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #Trump

In a letter sent to >250 companies, members of the #BlackCaucus urge them to condemn the #redistricting efforts, which the lawmakers describe as “coordinated efforts to silence #Black voices at the ballot box.” Some of the #corporations had co-signed their own message to #Congress 5 years ago urging lawmakers to pass the #JohnLewis #VotingRightsAct, a Democratic proposal to restore & update the #VRA.

#CBC #VotingRights #RacialJustice #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #election #RepresentationMatters

The #CongressionalBlackCaucus on Tuesday called on major #corporations across the #US, including those that previously expressed support for #VotingRights & #RacialJustice, to oppose #redistricting efforts by #Republican led states that seek to eliminate majority-#Black US #House districts.

#law #ElectionLaw #midterms #election #RepresentationMatters #BlackCaucus #Congress #JohnLewis #VotingRightsAct #VRA
https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-black-caucus-voting-rights-corporations-a8a89bcc64ba1b074289c1ee606485fc

#ParolesDHistoire reçoit l'historien Nicolas Martin-Breteau pour parler de l'arrêt #LouisianaVCallais de la Cour suprême des É-U et de l'histoire du suprémacisme sudiste

https://parolesdhistoire.fr/index.php/2026/05/20/431-une-histoire-du-supremacisme-sudiste-aux-etats-unis-avec-nicolas-martin-breteau/
#Reconstruction #JimCrow #droitsCiviques #mouvementDesDroitsCiviques #luttesAfroAméricaines #VotingRightsAct #suprémacismeBlanc #BlackHistory #UShistory #histoireAméricaine #politiqueAméricaine #justice #USpol

This, precisely, is the problem:
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/america-becomes-outraged-only-when?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
#scotus #votingrights #vra #dei #louisiana #alabama #votersuppression #gerrymandering #rigged #cherrypicking #mlk #callaisrequirements #callais #minorityrepresentation #reconstruction #justiceelenakagan #nikolehannahjones #attackondemocracy #votingrightsact #civilwar #confederacy #southernstrategy #supplysideeconomics #trickledowntheory #race #gender #socioeconomicstatus #educationallevel #obbb #nabj #project2025 #heritagefoundation

So now what? Time to see if white leftists have the backbone or just the rhetoric. Your choices helped create this. We warned you. You dismissed it.
Black voters: rights under attack. No excuses. Vote like your freedom is on the line, because it is.
#LouisianaVCallais #VotingRightsAct #VoterSuppression #CivilRights #BlackVotersMatter #JimCrow2 #StayWoke

This is for all the folks in the back of the room who still think we can vote our way out of this.

I’m not saying we shouldn’t vote. We absolutely should. I’m saying voting alone has never and will not help us survive this fascist regime.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/scotus-voting-rights-section-two-ruling-history-worst-century.html

#SCOTUS #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #LouisianaVCallais #Resist #Antifascism

Samuel Alito justified a Supreme Court ruling that threatens majority-Black voting districts

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/scotus-further-guts-voting-rights

A court ruling could shrink Black representation in Congress – NPR

Politics

A Supreme Court ruling could bring historic drop in Black representation in Congress

January 8, 2026, 5:00 AM ET

By Hansi Lo Wang

The United States could be headed toward the largest-ever decline in representation by Black members of Congress, depending on how the Supreme Court rules in a closely watched redistricting case about the Voting Rights Act.

For decades, the landmark law that came out of the Civil Rights Movement has protected the collective voting power of racial minorities when political maps are redrawn. Its provisions have also boosted the number of seats in the House of Representatives filled by Black lawmakers.

That’s largely because in many Southern states — where voting is often polarized between a Republican-supporting white majority and a Democratic-supporting Black minority — political mapmakers have drawn a certain kind of district to get in line with the Voting Rights Act’s Section 2 provisions. In these districts, racial-minority voters make up a population large enough to have a realistic opportunity of electing their preferred candidates.

But at an October hearing last year for the redistricting case about Louisiana’s congressional map, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared inclined to issue this year another in a series of decisions that have weakened the Voting Rights Act — this time its Section 2 protections in redistricting.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: A court ruling could shrink Black representation in Congress : NPR

The Texas House passed its proposed congressional redistricting map Wednesday on a vote of 88-52. The final, procedural vote is underway. Next, the map will head to the state Senate for consideration.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/20/529098/texas-house-passes-congressional-redistricting-map-amid-protests-following-dem-quorum-break/

#News #Politics #Texas #Voting #CongressionalRedistricting #REDISTRICTING #TexasHouse #TexasRedistricting #VotingRightsAct

This is the #DisintegrationChecklist. #TheChecklist of what we can expect to lose in the next four years. That makes it a tool for gauging the progress of loss. 43 items. A grim countdown score in the form of a simple number: how many are still left? That is the #DisintegrationScore. 43... for now.

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from‬ https://absurdistwords.bsky.social‬:

#ThingsThatWillDisappearInTheNextFourYears (A non-exhaustive list)

#AbortionRights
#Contraception
#NoFaultDivorce
#ViolenceAgainstWomenAct (#VAWA)
#CivilRightsAct
#VotingRightsAct
#FirstAmendment Protections
#BirthrightCitizenship
#NaturalizationProtection
#EnvironmentalProtection
#ConsumerProtection
#FraudProtection
#PoliceBrutality #ConsentDecrees
#HabeasCorpus
Three #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment
#GenderAffirmingCare
#HormoneReplacement
#InVitroFertilization
#SameSexMarriage
#InterracialMarriage
#AntiDiscrimination Laws
#WorkerSafety Laws
#CollectiveBargaining
#AffordableCareAct (#ACA)
#PrisonReform
#AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct (#ADA)
#RightToPrivacy
#SeparationOfChurchAndState
#ForeignAid Programs
#PovertyPrograms
#PublicRadio & #PublicTelevision
#SexualFreedom
#AntiSegregation Laws
#VaccineMandates
#PublicSchool System
#PublicLibrary System
#StareDecisis
#ChildLabor Laws
#Antitrust Laws
#LegalCannabis
#Pornography
#SexWorker Protections
#InternetFreedom
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Keeping track of this #DisintegrationChecklist, & the
#DisintegrationScore, is not a silly thing. I am not trying to #gamify the #apocalypse. It is a concrete measure, and if it is widely shared, it will make apparent even to the distracted the accelerating loss. A tool for those capable of caring.

https://bsky.app/profile/absurdistwords.bsky.social/post/3lb5wwj23v22u

Weird Maps Win Elections – [USA] Gerrymandering Explained [Map Men]
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https://youtu.be/cwBslntC3xg?si=cNufts2Aa42QL6ZY <-- shared video
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[an excellent description of gerrymandering of political districts in the USA]
“Why does the USA draw district maps with absolutely bonkers shapes? And how do squiggly districts help the wrong politicians win elections? And have we been pronouncing "Gerrymandering" wrong for 200 years?...”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #MapMen #gischat #politics #USA #political #gerrymandering #elections #districts #packing #cracking #voting #voters #democracy #selfsorting #demographics #minorities #VotingRightsAct #diversity #redistricting #AI #swingvoters #elections #MapMen

#HouseDemocrats introduce bill to undo #SupremeCourt's gutting of #VotingRightsAct
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/19/2194262/-House-Democrats-introduce-bill-to-undo-Supreme-Court-s-gutting-of-Voting-Rights-Act
#democrats #theHouse #voters #SCOTUS