States rush to redraw congressional districts to gut Black voting power

More governors call for special sessions following supreme court’s decision severely weakening Voting Rights ActBefore the supreme court’s decision came on Wednesday, some states had already begun initiating processes to redraw districts and gut Black voting power. Following the decision, more states followed, with governors calling for special sessions to redraw congressional districts, potentially before the midterms.Voting districts are typically redrawn once a decade, after the census. Last year, triggered a round of mid-decade redistricting after he urged Texas Republicans to give a boost to the Republican party during the midterm elections. California Democrats responded in turn. From there, multiple other states began pushing redistricting, along with those whose maps were already tied up in state and federal courts.