Take Action: Tell lawmakers you oppose mid-decade redistricting

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Urgent: The legislature wants to weaken black political power by drawing new legislative maps mid-decade!

We urge you to email the Joint Committee on Redistricting to oppose mid-decade redistricting.

The Supreme Court upheld protections against racial vote dilution under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and affirmed the validity of Section 2, which still prohibits legislators from enacting discriminatory maps that result in Black voters not being able to select candidates of their choice. Callais does not require Mississippi to engage in mid-decade redistricting now.

Mississippi has a long and well-documented history of voting rights disputes and litigation over fair representation. The Voting Rights Act was enacted precisely because minority voters in Mississippi and across the south were and continue to be systematically denied equal political power. Redrawing the lines to further diminish political representation and influence for Black Mississippians, including by targeting for destruction districts where Black voters are able to elect candidates of choice, would foment new legal conflict and deepen racial division, doing a disservice to all Mississippians.

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James F. "Ted" Booth, Joint Committee on Redistricting, Attorney

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Urgent: The legislature wants to weaken black political power by drawing new legislative maps mid-decade!

We urge you to email the Joint Committee on Redistricting to oppose mid-decade redistricting.

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James F. "Ted" Booth, Joint Committee on Redistricting, Attorney

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I strongly oppose any effort to undertake mid-decade redistricting in Mississippi.

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Do not redraw Mississippi maps mid-decade!

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