On June 25th, the SCOTUS ruled that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 was outdated, and therefore unconstitutional. Section 4 of the VRA is the section that required jurisdictions and states with a history of voter suppression to get federal permission to any changes to voting laws and practices. With Section 4 struck down for the time being, these groups that want to suppress votes are free to run rampant. Just two hours after the ruling on the VRA, Texas has begun to disenfranchise minority voters with strict voter ID laws and partisan redistricting (source: ThinkProgress).
The only way to stop this is for Congress to write a new map of areas that will need this federal oversight. Sign this petition to force Congress to take action, and preserve the rights of the people.