Little Rock, AR – An Arkansas group is taking action against the state's new congressional maps, saying they dilute the voting power of communities of color. Comments from Kwami Abdul-Bey, founder of Arkansans for a Unified Natural State; and Loriee Evans, lead organizer at Indivisible Little Rock and Central Arkansas.
Cheers and chants rang out from the state Capitol rotunda Thursday as voting-rights advocates gathered to speak out against Arkansas' recently enacted congressional redistricting plan.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson will allow a congressional redistricting plan that trisects the state's most populous county and legislation targeting employer-mandated coronavirus vaccinations to become law without his signature, he announced Wednesday.
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