Gerrymandering

The Fifth Circuit affirmed that Mississippi gerrymandered its State Senate District 22 to deny black citizens equal rights, in violation of the Voting Rights Act, and noted that the state "scarcely entered any evidence to the contrary."

NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit affirmed that Mississippi gerrymandered its State Senate District 22 to deny black citizens equal rights, in violation of the Voting Rights Act, and noted that the state "scarcely entered any evidence to the contrary."

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