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Mississippi legislative maps under fire as attorneys argue over fairness to Black voters

Legislative and congressional districts are updated after each Census to reflect population changes. ....

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US federal judge accepts Georgia's redrawn congressional, legislative maps

A U.S. Federal judge has ruled that Georgia’s redrawn congressional and legislative maps that include more majority-Black districts comply to his earlier order despite opposition by Democrats. In October, U.S. District Judge Steve Jones ruled that Georgia’s redrawn maps from 2021 did violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Jones ordered the state to draw two new Black-majority for the Georgia state Senate and five new Black-majority districts for the Georgia state House. ....

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Proposed Georgia House map would create five new districts with majority Black voters

A proposed map for the Georgia Senate would make District 17 in Henry and Newton counties and Senate District 28 […] The post Proposed Georgia House map would create five new districts with majority Black voters appeared first on TheGrio. ....

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Georgia Republicans move to cut losses as they propose majority-Black districts in special session

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 two seats from their current 102-78 majority while creating five more majority-Black districts that Democrats would be likely to win. ....

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Opinion: The outlandish ruling that could eviscerate what's left of the landmark Voting Rights Act

The decision by 8th Circuit Court Judge David Stras, a Trump appointee, seizes on a suggestion by Justice Clarence Thomas that few took seriously. ....

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