Republikaner i Tennessee godkänner nya valkretskartor mitt under protester

Republikaner i Tennessee röstade på torsdagen för att anta nya valkretskartor som förväntas eliminera delstatens enda demokratiska plats i representanthuset. Den republikanske guvernören Bill Lee undertecknade åtgärden som lag kort därefter. Beslutet följde på en dom i högsta domstolen som slog fast att vissa valdistrikt med majoritet av svarta väljare var grundlagsstridiga på grund av rasbaserad valkretsindelning.

Hundratals demonstranter samlades vid delstatens parlamentsbyggnad i Nashville under det extra sammanträdet. De höll upp skyltar med budskap som ”Jim Crow 2.0” och ”Modern apartheid” medan lagstiftare debatterade kartorna som delar upp Memphis i tre distrikt med republikansk majoritet. Delstatspolisen tömde delar av läktaren efter att demonstranter vägrat lämna platsen.

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