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🏛️ A key provision of the Voting Rights Act that restricted racial discrimination in voting for decades has been gutted by the Supreme Court. So, what actually happens when Black and brown voters lose proper representation in their communities? Here’s what you need to know👇

THE IMMEDIATE IMPACTS: While arriving too late in the election cycle to significantly affect the 2026 midterms in most states, the decision gifts Republicans an advantage in the fight for control of Congress as predominantly Southern states race to gerrymander away their Majority-minority districts.

THE BIGGER PICTURE: But the impacts of the decision will be felt most acutely in local communities for generations to come.

SCHOOL BOARDS: There will likely be fewer minority-represented voices on school boards across the country, in jurisdictions where minority students are often the majority of the student population.