Illustration of Governor Bill Lee signing a new map bill in Tennessee to eliminate a Democratic congressional seat by splitting Shelby County.
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Republikaner i Tennessee fastställer ny karta för att eliminera demokratiskt mandat

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Tennessees republikanskt kontrollerade lagstiftande församling godkände på torsdagen en ny karta över kongressdistrikt som delar upp det svartdominerade Shelby County i tre distrikt. Flytten syftar till att eliminera delstatens enda mandat i representanthuset som innehas av en demokrat. Guvernör Bill Lee undertecknade den nya kartan kort efter att den antagits.

Omritningen av distrikten skedde under en extra session som sammankallats av Lee efter USA:s högsta domstols utslag den 29 april, vilket försvagade paragraf 2 i Voting Rights Act. För närvarande har Tennessee åtta republikanska representanter och en demokrat, Steve Cohen från Memphis. De nya gränserna bryter upp det svartdominerade 9:e distriktet och sprider ut väljare från Memphis i ett distrikt som sträcker sig cirka 32 mil mot Nashvilles förorter.

Vad folk säger

Konservativa användare hyllade kartan som en republikansk seger som eliminerar det sista demokratiska distriktet och hånade ofta protesterna, medan kritiker fördömde den som uppenbar valkretsmanipulation och väljarförtryck riktat mot svarta samhällen i Shelby County.

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