Erasing the Black Vote in the Deep South - Five Voting Rights Activists Fight Back

For decades, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act allowed communities to challenge maps that diluted the voting power of Black, Latino, Native American, and other minority voters.

Ritu Marwah•May 27, 2026 06:32 PM• 189 views

FILE PHOTO: A voter fills out a ballot at an El Dorado County polling station during California’s special election on Proposition 50, a measure that would temporarily redraw congressional districts, in El Dorado Hills, California, U.S., November 4, 2025.

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Ritu Marwah is an award-winning author. She won the 2023 Ethnic Media Services award for outstanding international reporting; 2022 San Francisco Press Club Journalism excellence award as well as 2021 and 2020 California Award for Journalism. A alum of St Stephens College and Tata Administrative Services she now lives in Silicon Valley with her husband and fruit trees.

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