A federal district court has dismissed a lawsuit that claimed Arkansas’s congressional map was racially discriminatory, marking a setback for Black voters seeking fair representation. This outcome follows a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on racial gerrymandering.
The lawsuit, initiated by a group of Black Arkansas voters in 2022, argued that lawmakers redrawing the state’s congressional districts after the 2020 Census had spread Black voters across three different districts, weakening their influence. The plaintiffs maintained that this division diluted their voting power, in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
