Section 2

Section 2 of the U.S. Voting Rights Act prohibits racial discrimination in the drawing of political districts (redistricting).

A 2025 report by Black Voters Matter Fund and Fair Fight Action estimated that overturning Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act could allow Republican-controlled states to redraw at least 19 additional U.S. House districts in ways that favor Republicans.

Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibits voting practices or procedures that deny minority voters an equal opportunity to participate in the political process and is used to challenge district maps that dilute minority voting strength.

Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act prohibits voting practices, including aspects of redistricting, that result in the denial or abridgement of the right to vote on account of race, such as dilution of minority voting strength.

Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act provides a mechanism for addressing current-day manifestations of past and present decisions that disadvantaged racial or ethnic minorities in access to the voting system.

Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act requires challengers to demonstrate current racially polarized voting and that minority populations are unable to elect candidates of their choice, among other factors.

Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act provides a legal basis to challenge voting practices and electoral maps that dilute minority voting strength and is used to ensure minority voters have the opportunity to elect their preferred candidates.