MEMO: NDRC Warns Republicans Are Targeting Voting Rights Act to Gerrymander Ahead of 2026 Midterms

The National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) issued a memo from the organization’s Executive Director, Marina Jenkins, to warn of a Republican legal effort to undermine or dismantle fair maps in Alabama, Louisiana, and Georgia. Each of the congressional maps in these states were enacted as a result of enforcement of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 2023 decision in Allen v. Milligan, which upheld Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The result of the latest Republican strategy, Jenkins stated, could not only weaken the VRA, but also tip control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.