Following a controversial Supreme Court decision about a Louisiana case over the Federal Voting Rights Act, several Republican-controlled states, including Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee, moved to redraw their state’s maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
But experts told amNewYork not to expect New York Democrats to immedaitely wade into the redistricting wars before the midterms in November, due in part to a SCOTUS decision in March that paused efforts to redraw NYC’s 11th Congressional District — the only Republican-held seat in the city delegation — and also because of the stringent requirements to make constitutional amendments to the New York State Voting Rights Act, signed into law in 2022.
