Ruling weakening Voting Rights Act opens door to more US states redrawing maps, diluting voting power of minority groups. United States President Donald Trump has said Tennessee will redraw its electoral map following a US Supreme Court ruling that gutted a key provision of the landmark US Voting Rights Act . While the Supreme Court’s ruling on Louisiana’s electoral map has wide-ranging implications across the country, it also has implications for the broader electoral landscape. It removes some race-related restrictions on how congressional district maps can be drawn and, in turn, has sparked calls from Republicans to revisit redistricting in several states ahead of the consequential midterm elections in November. The shift comes amid a largely unprecedented redistricting spree that began last year with US President Donald Trump heaping pressure on Texas to redraw its congressional maps to favour Republicans.…