New Ruling Could Further Limit Voting Rights in States.

A decade after the US Supreme Court dismantled a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Republican-led states have passed at least 104 restrictive voting laws, including voter ID laws and limits on drop boxes, that would have been subject to federal review had the provision remained intact. The justices are expected to rule in a new case out of Alabama that could make it much more difficult for minority groups to sue over gerrymandered political maps that dilute their representation. Critics say the new laws could make it difficult for voters who are older, low-income, ill or who do not feel comfortable with the already cumbersome absentee ballot process.