A Suprema Corte dos EUA suspendeu uma decisão de tribunal inferior que impedia o Alabama de usar um mapa eleitoral desenhado por republicanos. O mapa, que visa reduzir a influência de eleitores negros e transferir controle de um distrito para republicanos, é contestado por violar a lei de direitos de voto.
The US is gearing up for consequential midterm elections on Nov 3, where all House seats and a third of Senate seats are contested. The article explains the midterm process, primaries, and the impact of gerrymandering on electoral maps, with several states redrawing districts.
Florida's newly redrawn U.S. House districts, potentially giving Republicans 4 additional seats, face a court challenge alleging violation of the state's constitutional ban on partisan gerrymandering ahead of the midterm elections.
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ May 5 The Washington Post says Congress must act to stop abuse of redistricting Florida was supposed to be the finale of this year’s race to the bottom on redistricting. Yet a cacophonous encore is now playing across the South after a Supreme Court ruling last week. The GOP started it in Texas last summer. A back-and-forth ensued, with Democrats redrawing maps in California and Virginia while Republicans did so in Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio. Simultaneously, a long-running constitutional dispute over the Voting Rights Act came to a head last week when the high court limited the consideration of race while designing districts in Louisiana v. Callais. The court’s ruling wasn’t about partisan gerrymandering, per se. It was about when states could be compelled to draw majority-minority districts under the VRA and the Constitution. In practice, those districts tend to be Democratic. The decision lifts...
El Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos ha declarado inconstitucional el diseño del segundo distrito de mayoría afroamericana de Luisiana, completando la demolición de la Ley del Derecho al Voto de 1965. La decisión, anunciada a finales de abril en lugar de junio, se interpreta como un movimiento para influir en las elecciones legislativas de noviembre. Los republicanos ya están aprovechando el fallo para rediseñar mapas electorales en Alabama, Tennessee y Florida, mientras los demócratas advierten que se trata de ‘Jim Crow con nuevos ropajes’.
A Suprema Corte dos EUA, por 6 votos a 3, derrubou o mapa eleitoral do Congresso da Louisiana, considerando que os distritos se basearam excessivamente em critérios raciais. A decisão permite修改 dois distritos de maioria negra, alterando a composição partidária do estado. Entidades de direitos civis como NAACP e National Action Network denunciaram um golpe à democracia e à Lei dos Direitos de Voto. O presidente Trump celebrou a decisão.
The Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais struck down Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, eliminating safeguards against racist gerrymandering. Louisiana, a state that is approximately 30% Black, currently has two majority-Black districts out of six (33%). The ruling will likely reduce this to one district (17%), drastically underrepresenting Black voters. The author argues this decision defies both historical context and mathematical fairness, representing a conservative backlash against civil rights progress.
Louisiana has suspended its U.S. House primaries following the Supreme Court's ruling that the state's congressional map is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The Republican-led legislature must now redraw the map, potentially eliminating at least one Democratic seat in this year's midterm elections. Other primaries, including U.S. Senate, will proceed as scheduled on May 16, with early voting starting Saturday.
