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A national NAACP leader based in Tampa says recent challenges in federal court to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 could eviscerate protections for minority voters.

Amy Keith started working for Common Cause Florida about a year and a half ago as Florida Program Director, leading the organization’s voting rights, redistricting, and accountability work, including its federal congressional redistricting case that’s still working its way through the system. As of December 1 she serves as the organization’s Executive Director.In that federal congressional redistricting case (Common Cause Florida v. Byrd) Common Cause Florida, Fair Districts Now, the Florida State Conference of the NAACP, and individual voters from across Florida argue that the Florida L...

MidPoint explored the legal case which recently held the DeSantis-crafted voting redistricting plan unconstitutional in Florida. That case is now on appeal to the FL Supreme Court and if upheld, minority voting districts will again be protected and the election of 2024 could result in more Democrats being elected to Congress from Florida.

A North Carolina court's unusual ruling has highlighted the fact that some states allow voting districts to be drawn in ways that make elections less competitive and help one political party win.

WASHINGTON (NPR) -- A recent unusual ruling by North Carolina's highest court has put a spotlight on the patchwork of state laws and court decisions that determine where maps of voting districts can b