Black Vote 'CRACKING'? GOP Ramps Up Attempts To TARGET, MINIMIZE Black Political Power|Roland Martin

We've been telling ya'll how Republicans are doing everything to make it harder to vote.

There are several cases across the country we have our eyes on this week.

In Michigan, the federal trial will determine the legality of the state's two-year-old voting district maps. The outcome could upend Metro Detroit voting boundaries and cause a political scramble among incumbent lawmakers in 2024.

A three-judge federal panel will hear arguments in Kalamazoo over whether the architects of the state House and Senate voting districts used in the November 2022 election diluted the Black vote by drawing districts that stretched segments of the majority-Black city of Detroit into majority-White suburbs.

Wednesday was the deadline for the Arkansas secretary of state to submit a response brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case challenging Arkansas' congressional map.

At issues, the state's map intentionally "cracks" Black voters across multiple congressional districts to dilute their voting strength in violation of the U.S. and Arkansas Constitutions and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The plaintiffs specifically allege that Black voters in Pulaski County, home to Little Rock, were divided among three congressional districts rather than keeping the population in one district, the 2nd Congressional District, "to discourage the incentive of the Black voters of the area to vote, and to reduce the significance of their votes."

Friday, the Kansas Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether a legal challenge against two voter suppression laws may proceed. The case claims the laws that criminalize individuals for giving voter assistance limit ballot collection, restrict advocacy organizations from helping voters, impose a signature verification requirement, and violate the Kansas Constitution by unduly burdening Kansans' right to vote.

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