LOS ANGELES, CA — Today, California Environmental Voters (EnviroVoters) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court eviscerating the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the landmark civil rights law that restricted racial gerrymandering and discrimination for 60 years, in Callais v Louisiana.
Statement from Mike Young, Executive Director, California Environmental Voters:
“The Voting Rights Act is being hollowed out in real time and left standing in name only while its power is stripped away piece by piece. What was once a cornerstone of our democracy is being reduced to a shell, and this Court seems intent on finishing the job. The institution that’s supposed to protect our most fundamental rights is creating a modern-day Jim Crow. California will continue to fight back against this destructive and unpatriotic regime.”
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CONTACT:
Erika Guzman Cornejo
(310) 755-1615
erika@envirovoters.org
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