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Florida redistricting after the 2020 census diluted Black voting power in the district previously held by Rep. Al Lawson The […] The post Florida Supreme Court to hear appeal of DeSantis-backed congressional map that eliminated Black district appeared first on TheGrio.

Nick Warren with the ACLU said Florida's current congressional map “violates the voter constitutional protections for minority voters.”

By Nicole Chavez and Rikki Klaus, CNN

Hinds County, Mississippi a predominantly Black county that leans Democrat, ran out of ballots in nine precincts for Tuesday’s election.

Hinds County, Mississippi a predominantly Black county that leans Democrat, ran out of ballots in nine precincts for Tuesday’s election. […] The post Mississippi precincts ran out of ballots; county election leaders mum about how many they printed appeared first on TheGrio.

Mississippi is perpetuating a legacy of racial discrimination because lawmakers failed to draw enough majority-Black districts for the state House and Senate, civil rights advocates say in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

Mississippi is sued by NAACP over legislative redistricting plans they say fails to draw enough majority-Black districts.

The suit says redistricting plans for the 122-member House and the 52-member Senate will dilute the voting power of Black people in the state.

A new lawsuit says Mississippi is perpetuating a legacy of racial discrimination with a legislative redistricting plan

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi is perpetuating a legacy of racial discrimination because lawmakers failed t...