National voting rights correspondent Mother Jones. Author of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It and Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America https://www.aribermanauthor.com/https://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mlvkdpyomc2rIn addition to fighting back against GOP gerrymandering, here’s another reason why state-level races so important in 2026: if Dems win trifectas in combo of MI, PA, WI, NV & AZ they can put National Popular Vote Interstate Compact over 270 electoral votes & elect next president with popular vote15 May 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvkdpyomc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mltjmgmit22uBreaking: Louisiana Senate passes new gerrymandered map eliminating majority-Black district represented by Dem Rep Cleo Fields. African-Americans compromise 33% of state’s population but will be able to elect candidate of choice in only 1 of 6 congressional districts14 May 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltjmgmit22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mlr4zw32tc2tTN eliminated only majority-Black district AL, LA eliminating majority-Black districts SC planning to oust only Black Democrat since Reconstruction MS planning to oust only Black rep GA planning special session to eliminate majority-Black districts This is what return to Jim Crow looks like13 May 2026 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlr4zw32tc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mlql5dfops2cFirst Virginia, now Missouri. Republican appointees on MO Supreme Court upheld gerrymandered map targeting Dem Rep Emanuel Cleaver just hours after oral argument despite voter-approved ban on gerrymandering & 300k signatures submitted to block map https://missouriindependent.com/2026/05/12/no-perfect-map-missouri-ags-office-defends-gerrymandered-congressional-districts/13 May 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlql5dfops2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mlqgtfzjws2kLouisiana Senate committee passed new gerrymander eliminating majority-Black district at 4:30 AM last night. Democracy quite literally dying in darkness https://lailluminator.com/2026/05/13/louisiana-senate-committee-drops-one-of-two-majority-black-districts-in-advancing-map/13 May 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqgtfzjws2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mlongy7pg22aBreaking: South Carolina Senate rebuffs Trump, declines to take up redistricting before midterms, preserving Jim Clyburn's majority-Black district South Carolina State Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey: "We are the most gerrymandered Republican state in the country already"12 May 2026 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlongy7pg22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mlofuevjps231. SCOTUS orders Alabama in 2023 to create second majority-Black district 2. Federal court finds AL intentionally discriminated against Black voters 3. Roberts Court allows AL to use discriminatory map with primary 1 week away overriding multiple court rulings https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/alabama-gerrymander-supreme-court/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlofuevjps23https://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mlo62yxvf22xBy authorizing new Alabama gerrymander dismantling majority-Black district ONE WEEK before primary Roberts Court violated every norm & precedent it claims to follow Running out of ways to describe how partisan, hackish & corrupt this court is https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/alabama-gerrymander-supreme-court/12 May 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo62yxvf22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mlmevokubs2qThis is absolutely outrageous. SCOTUS reinstated Texas gerrymander 15 weeks before primary because they claimed it was too close to election to block it but now allowing Alabama to gerrymander one week before primary after trial court found map was intentionally discriminatory against Black voters [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmevokubs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mllvyrjojk2uThis is the very type of intentional racial discrimination that SCOTUS claims is still illegal even after Callais. SC is 25% Black but Norman says Black voters shouldn't be able to elect a candidate in any of the state's 7 districts [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllvyrjojk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mleehgeyfc2zThere’s one person squarely to blame for the destruction of the Voting Rights Act and American democracy writ large: Chief Justice John Roberts08 May 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mleehgeyfc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mle4use63k2rTexas eliminated 5 Democratic seats with no voter approval. Louisiana suspended election with no voter approval. Tennessee erased last majority-Black district with no voter approval. But VA Supreme Court blocks redistricting map approved by 3 million voters https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/republicans-dont-need-to-win-elections-anymore-they-just-need-their-judges/08 May 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mle4use63k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mldxsrdi6c2yAbsolutely outrageous Virginia Supreme Court invalidated redistricting referendum approved by the voters when voters haven’t been able to weigh in on a single gerrymander passed in red states [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldxsrdi6c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mlbtiulfpk2eBreaking: Tennessee Republicans pass new 9-0 gerrymander after SCOTUS destruction of Voting Rights Act eliminating state’s only majority-Black district & last Democratic seat. Splits Memphis, which is 63% Black, into 3 districts to disenfranchise Black voters. Quite literally a return to Jim Crow07 May 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbtiulfpk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mlbr4zuok22sTennessee House Republicans pass new 9-0 gerrymander after SCOTUS destruction of VRA eliminating state’s only majority-Black district & last Democratic seat. Splits Memphis, which is 63% Black, into 3 districts to disenfranchise Black voters. Straight up Jim Crow https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/after-scotus-destroyed-the-voting-rights-act-southern-states-rush-to-pass-jim-crow-voting-maps/07 May 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbr4zuok22shttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mlbfbxnwm22dJohn Roberts claims the justices aren’t “political actors” Spare us the sanctimony. By destroying VRA in middle of election the court put its thumb on scale of midterms, turbocharging Trump’s gerrymandering war & imperiling majority-Black districts across South https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/after-scotus-destroyed-the-voting-rights-act-southern-states-rush-to-pass-jim-crow-voting-maps/07 May 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbfbxnwm22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mla2imhhd22cCrazy stat I just told @chrislhayes.bsky.social: Memphis has had its own congressional district since 1923 and now Republicans splitting it three ways to intentionally dilute Black vote07 May 2026 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla2imhhd22chttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3ml754xrt4222A week after Supreme Court destroys Voting Rights Act Tennessee Republicans introduce new map to eliminate state's only majority Black district. This is straight up Jim Crow [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml754xrt4222https://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3ml32a2icdk2mIn December SCOTUS claimed it was too close to election to block Texas gerrymander but now allowing Southern states to straight up cancel elections to resurrect Jim Crow [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml32a2icdk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mkxo2h7ha22zStill can't get over how SCOTUS says you shouldn't change voting laws in middle of election and then demolishes Voting Rights Act in middle of election to turbocharge Trump's gerrymandering war03 May 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxo2h7ha22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ariberman.bsky.social/post/3mkqflski322s"The Roberts Court operates in a completely legal-free zone. They're going to reinterpret the 15th Amendment. They're going to reinterpret the Voting Rights Act. They're going to override the will of Congress just because they want to. And they're daring someone to stop them and so far no one has" [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:cmg4nrddvaevd22aba2zpigy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqflski322s