A federal court ruled on July 2 that Mississippi must redraw its state legislative districting map to include more black-majority districts in both Senate and House races.
A three-judge panel on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi issued an order that strikes down the state’s 2022 redistricting maps for electing members of the state legislature on the premise that they diluted black voting strength in violation of federal law.
The judges ordered the districts redrawn to include two additional black-majority districts in the Mississippi state Senate and one additional black-majority district in the state House.
“We will provide the Mississippi Legislature an opportunity to enact revised maps,” wrote the judges….