At first redistricting hearing, Mississippians call push for new maps a ‘power grab’

The Grenada Star 25 Aug Grenada

Mississippi residents who spoke on Tuesday at the first of several public hearings on redistricting around the state urged lawmakers to not redraw electoral maps, calling the effort a needless power grab aimed at diluting Black political power in a state with a sordid racial history.

Aggregated from the leading newsrooms of the country. Every story links to its original source.