The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act marks a pivotal moment for election law — and an overdue course correction for how states approach redistricting.

For decades, provisions of the Voting Rights Act have been stretched beyond their original purpose. What began as a tool to dismantle racial discrimination in voting has, in practice, evolved into a system that often requires states to sort voters primarily by race. Courts have routinely compelled legislatures to draw districts with race as the predominant factor, effectively constitutionalizing a framework that many Americans instinctively recognize as inconsistent with the principle of equal treatment under the law.

The court’s decision signals a shift. It does not erase the VRA’s core protections against discrimination. Nor should it. But it reins in the expectation that race must be the central organizing principle of political representation. That matters — not just legally but morally and politically.

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