Supreme Court narrows Voting Rights Act test in Brnovich

The Supreme Court rules in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee on July 1, 2021, upholding Arizona voting rules that limited out-of-precinct voting and ballot collection. Justice Samuel Alito writes the majority opinion.\n\nThe Court says Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act still bars voting practices that deny equal opportunity based on race, but it creates guideposts that make some vote-denial claims harder to win. Justice Elena Kagan dissents, saying the decision weakens the statute Congress wrote to protect minority voters.\n\nThe ruling is a major modern voting-rights event because it reshapes how courts evaluate racial disparities in access to the ballot.