The Supreme Court's weakening of the Voting Rights Act is projected to significantly reduce federal representation for Black Americans in the South. The article argues for a fundamental transformation of the U.S. Electoral College system.

Black Americans in the South will likely lose most of their federal representation as a result of the Supreme Court’s recent erosion of the Voting Rights Act, the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie argues. This is only one of the reasons the United States needs to transform the current Electoral College system.