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  "path": "/2026/05/05/repub/supreme-court-voting-rights-ruling-set-to-reshape-local-power-from-statehouses-to-school-boards/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-05T10:45:07.000Z",
  "site": "https://missouriindependent.com",
  "tags": [
    "Elections",
    "Jim Crow",
    "local elections",
    "redistricting",
    "Voting Rights Act"
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  "textContent": "The U.S. Supreme Court’s new decision gutting a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act clears the way for state officials to drastically reshape not only Congress but also state legislatures, county commissions, city councils and even local school boards. The ruling, released last week in a case called Louisiana v. Callais, dismantled some […]",
  "title": "Supreme Court voting rights ruling set to reshape local power from statehouses to school boards"
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