supposedly the Voting Rights Act of 1965 provision that was struck down in Shelby County v Holder was done so because the states which were affected had "changed" in the 40 years since the formula was last updated, and supposedly were no longer discriminating against minority voters anymore. well of course we saw each and every one of those states enact a series of "reforms" designed to "prevent voter fraud" despite a lack of evidence this was a large enough problem to devote resources to solving it. none was considered more comprehensive and restrictive as North Carolina's law, and last week a federal Appeals Court struck down that law. among their findings was the following:

the only thing this means is that a different section of the Voting Rights Act will now be applied to North Carolina's laws, because there is absolutely zero chance a republican-controlled branch of the federal government is going to pass a revised version of the struck down provision. as our own resident racist cannoli has pointed out, minorities tend to vote Democratic and therefore they should be prevented from doing so in order that republicans can continue to win elections. i suppose since the GOP has no actual policy ideas that aren't "give more money to billionaires" it's no wonder they have to rig elections in order to hold onto power.