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Sam Levine in New York

Voting Rights Act faces new wave of dire threats in 2024

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The supreme court ruling in Allen v Milligan was a sigh of relief for voting rights lawyers. But that victory may be short-lived. Photograph: HABesen/Getty Images

As 2023 comes to a close, the Voting Rights Act is facing a series of dire threats that could significantly weaken the landmark civil rights law.

A suite of three different pending cases could gut the ability of private plaintiffs to challenge the Voting Rights Act, make it harder to challenge discriminatory election systems, and limit the Voting Rights Act’s protections in areas where a single racial minority doesn’t constitute a majority.

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