U.S. Supreme Court restricts Voting Right Act, but effect on Pennsylvania likely limited

This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in a Louisiana voting rights case will make it harder to challenge political maps as being racially discriminatory, but the ruling will likely have limited effect on statewide district maps in Pennsylvania, where the state constitution provides stronger protections against gerrymandering. On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court...