Federal Judge Tosses Election Map Used for Mississippi Supreme Court

The judge ordered the map used for court elections redrawn because of federal Voting Rights Act violations.

A voter sits at a poll kiosk at a Mississippi Second Congressional District Primary election precinct, in Jackson, Miss., on June 7, 2022. Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo

A federal judge ordered Mississippi to revise an electoral map used in voting for state supreme court justices after determining that it violates the federal Voting Rights Act.

U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock held on Aug. 19 that the current map unlawfully dilutes the voting power of black voters and violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The judge also ordered the state not to use the map until it can be redrawn. The case is known as White v. State Board of Election Commissioners.