Secretary Read Responds to Supreme Court Voting Rights Act Decision: 'Another Loophole Politicians Will Use to Rig the System Against the American People'

Today, in response to the Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which guts a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read issued the following statement:

"The whole point of the Voting Rights Act was to make our democracy better reflect the will of the people. Any attempt to undermine the VRA is an attempt to make the powerful less accountable to the public. The decision out of the Supreme Court today creates yet another loophole that politicians will use to rig the system against the American people.

"I will continue to do everything I can to keep Oregon a place where every eligible citizen can vote and those votes matter."