Georgia House and Senate Republicans abruptly scrapped redistricting plans less than an hour before a special legislative session convened on June 17, 2026, which had been called by Governor Brian Kemp to consider new maps following a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, Georgia became the latest Southern state to explore redistricting after the Supreme Court’s ruling in April that essentially weakened Voting Rights Act protections for Black and Latino voters to have some districts where they’re in the majority, rather than sprinkled among White Republican districts. The high court voted 6 to 3 to strike down a Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, limiting the landmark 1965 civil rights law passed to protect the voting power of racial minorities.
Georgia Republican lawmakers scrap redistricting plans
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