Supreme Court limits use of race in drawing electoral maps

The US Supreme Court limited the ability of lawmakers to take the racial make-up of a state into account when drawing voting maps, in a ruling that could reshape politics across the American south. In a 6-3 decision, the conservative justices sided with a challenge to new districts in Louisiana that were created to comply [...] The post Supreme Court limits use of race in drawing electoral maps appeared first on Kahawatungu .

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