AG Bonta Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Grant Review to Protect Key Provision of Voting Rights Act

OAKLAND, October 6, 2025 — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined 22 other attorneys general in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court decision that prevents individuals from suing to enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), which prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on the basis of race. For nearly 60 years, both the U.S. Attorney General and private citizens have been able to file lawsuits to enforce Section 2 of the VRA when they believed it was violated. In 2022, individual voters and two tribes filed a lawsuit under Section 2 of the VRA challenging North Dakota’s state legislative districts that were adopted following the 2020 census. After the district court found that the map unlawfully diluted Native Americans’ votes, the U