Georgia is pursuing another Supreme Court battle over the Voting Rights Act, urging a federal appeals court to adopt an interpretation of the 1965 law that would make it significantly harder to prove illegal dilution of minority votes.
During a hearing on Thursday, a lawyer representing Georgia asked the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta to reverse a lower court decision requiring state lawmakers to create additional Black-majority electoral districts.
Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger argued in legal filings that the Voting Rights Act has been misapplied to enhance Democratic electoral chances, asserting that white voters support Republicans for reasons unrelated to race.
