G. K. Butterfield: “I support it and will work very hard for its passage.”

Unfortunately, the High Court decided that political gerrymandering is not protected by the Federal Constitution.

We took the case into Federal court, and the lower Federal courts ruled in our favor and ruled that the State legislature engaged in partisan gerrymandering and that it was a violation of the Federal Constitution.

In conclusion, our democracy works best when every voter can make their voice heard.

Section 5 has been very meaningful and has meant a lot to the political progress the minority groups have made across the country.