Justin Levitt, professor at LMU Loyola Law School, said curbing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act will likely be felt most acutely in local, grassroots offices, like the Baton Rouge school board. “The biggest impact of the Voting Rights Act since its inception has been on local democracy — city councils, county commissions, municipal judges…Those sorts of offices that get the least attention on the national stage but are crucially important for deciding the kind of representation people have about the issues that generally affect their lives most.”
Source: The Washington Post