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He pointed out that if Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) is weakened or dismantled—a move currently being debated—it could lead to rampant racial gerrymandering, especially in the South, where Black voters could be cracked across districts to dilute their voting power. Newsom warns that such changes would undermine the social contract of democracy, rendering future elections neither fair nor legitimate.