Why the current redistricting of Tennessee offends me

By: Gordon Gibson

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: May 7, 2026

Words: 526

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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It offends me to see Tennessee elected officials rush to redistrict the state in the wake of a recent Supreme Court decision overriding a crucial part of the Voting Rights Act. I am offended because I have a sense of the costs paid to get and maintain the Act.

My personal cost was serving seven days of a five day jail sentence in Selma, Alabama, a month before Bloody Sunday in March 1965. Several dozen …

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