Rapid Response Call: SCOTUS guts voting rights

Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais is a devastating blow to American democracy. It opens the door for states to gerrymander Black and Brown majority districts out of existence, suppress those communities’ votes and representation, and write them out of government of, by, and for the people.

To quote Justice Kagan’s dissent, today’s ruling “eviscerated” Section 2 of the VRA, one of the few remaining protections for Black and Brown voters. Callais opens the door for states to gerrymander Black and Brown majority districts out of existence, suppress those communities’ votes and representation, and write them out of government of, by, and for the people.

If legal barriers are erased to make way for mass disenfranchisement, we need to put ourselves in the way through nonviolent resistance. Reclaiming our voting rights from Trump and the authoritarian systems working feverishly to strip us of what’s constitutionally ours will be neither easy nor quick.

Today, at 8 pm, we’ll take our first step toward disrupting their plans in a mass rapid response all. You’ll hear from leaders of the Legal Defense Fund, ACLU, and clients from the case.

Join Indivisible and a broad coalition of partners
today at 8 pm, on a mass rapid response call
to discuss the ruling’s implications
and plan next steps.