Editing Voting Rights Act of 1965 (section)

===Standing===
The [[standing (law)|standing]] requirements of the VRA were questioned in the 2023 case ''[[Arkansas State Conference NAACP v. Arkansas Board of Apportionment]]'', launched by the NAACP to challenge the redistricting maps on the basis they diluted black votes. While many previous challenges to redistricting under the VRA had been brought by groups like the NAACP or voters within the state, the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit|Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals]] held, 2-1, in November 2023, that a strict reading of the VRA did not permit private rights of action, and only the United States Attorney General has standing to bring challenges. Such a ruling, if upheld, has a significant potential to upend many existing and current redistricting challenges under Section 2 of the VRA, according to legal scholars.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/federal-court-guts-voting-rights-act-denying-citizens-groups-right-sue-rcna126023 | title = Federal court threatens to deal a death blow to the Voting Rights Act | first = Jane | last = Timm | date = November 20, 2023 | accessdate = November 20, 2023 | work = [[NBC News]] }}</ref>