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Georgia lawmakers are meeting to redraw political maps after a federal judge found the current boundaries discriminate against Black voters.

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Georgia Republicans are moving to preserve their majorities as they propose additional Black voting districts in a special legislative session that opened Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones in October

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Georgia lawmakers will open a special session Wednesday as majority Republicans move to minimize their losses while also trying to increase the number of Black-majority districts to comply with a federal court order. It's one in a series of redistricting sessions across the South after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 1964 Voting Rights Act, clearing the way for Black voters to win changes from courts. Georgia House Republicans on Tuesday released a map that would likely cost them only t...

Georgia lawmakers will open a special session Wednesday as majority Republicans move to minimize their losses while also trying to increase the number of Black-majority districts to comply with a federal court order.

Georgia Republicans are trying to minimize their potential election losses while also trying to increase the number of Black-majority districts ordered by a federal court.

The proposed Georgia House map would pair four sets of incumbents. ATLANTA – The General Assembly’s special redistricting session kicked off Wednesday with legislative Democrats and redistricting watchdog groups assailing

(The Center Square) — Georgia lawmakers kicked off a special session Wednesday to redraw congressional and state legislative maps.

“Many Georgians are shifted around unnecessarily,” Sen. Elena Parent said. “It’s a shell game that’s not really giving Black voters more opportunity,”