The Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act is mobilizing Black voters. Just look at Alabama.
Mother Jones reports that the Supreme Court's Louisiana v. Callais decision gutting the Voting Rights Act is mobilizing Black voters, spotlighting Alabama's redrawn second district, where Republican mapmakers diluted Black voting-age population from 48 to 40 percent, turning Representative Shomari Figures' reelection race into a toss-up. Black turnout has surged in Southern states, rallying figures like Booker and Tester have campaigned for Figures, and Mother Jones argues the ruling could backfire on Republicans, much as Dobbs motivated women voters.
