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Research shows that's likely to hurt the accuracy of numbers used to redistribute postal representation and federal funding.
Monday is the last chance for eligible voters in Alabama and Pennsylvania to register in time to cast ballots in the state's May 19th primaries.
Montana also has a Monday deadline for registering by mail.
And New Mexico has a Tuesday deadline for mail or online registration.
Though in both Montana and New Mexico, eligible voters still have time to register in person leading up to and on their primary day, June 2nd.
and there's about a week left in Idaho to register by mail or online, and in South Carolina to sign up by mail, online, or in person.
If you've already registered to vote, you may want to go to your state election official's website and check your status.
Eligible voters can sometimes be removed from lists, especially if they've moved, changed their name, or haven't voted in a while.
The Supreme Court's conservative majority has reinterpreted the Voting Rights Act's longstanding protections against racial discrimination and redistricting.
And that has made it easier for Republican-controlled state legislatures, particularly in the South, to get rid of Democratic-represented House districts that were likely protected under the landmark law.
Republican officials in states including Georgia and Tennessee are now calling for congressional redistricting as soon as possible to help the GOP keep control of the U.S.
House of Representatives after this year's midterm election.
But it could be too late for many states to redraw maps this year.
Whenever the map drawing happens, redistricting experts say the United States is headed towards the largest ever decline in representation by black members of Congress.
The Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination that the court has reinterpreted in this case have also applied to the redrawing of districts for state legislatures, city councils, school boards and other local government in places where white majority voters and minority voters of color tend to prefer different candidates.
With the Weekend Voting Rights Act, the advocacy group's Fair Fight Action and Black Voters Matter Fund estimates states could draw out of existence close to 200 state legislative seats held by Democratic lawmakers, mostly representing majority Black districts in the South.