Carte électorale et racisme en Virginie?

Des juges de la Virginie ont rejeté une carte électorale proposée par une législature d'état dominée par des républicains. Ils affirment que le facteur racial est le seul motif justifiant ce découpage des circonscriptions. Les juges invoquent le non-respect du quatorzième amendement.

 "The decision in Virginia is the latest decision in Democrats’ efforts to reverse what they see as Republican gerrymandering in several states. Florida’s GOP-controlled state legislature was also forced to redraw its congressional map earlier this year after a Democratic suit invalidated the lines.

Redrawing the map in Virginia has the potential to upend the composition of the state’s delegation in Congress. Despite the state’s purple tint, Democrats control just three of the state’s 11 districts, and just one seat is truly competitive — only as a result of the retirement of GOP Rep. Frank Wolf.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/court-strikes-down-va-congressional-map-111677.html?hp=f3