a staff attorney with the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project. “There is no legitimate justification for drawing maps that deny Black voters their voice in the political process.”

The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Arkansas, Law Office of Bryan L. Sells LLC, and Dechert LLP filed a federal lawsuit today challenging a new redistricting plan for the Arkansas State House of Representatives that would undermine the voting strength of Black Arkansans. […]