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Democratic and Independent candidates swept the races, with Emma Phillips (I) and incumbents Andrew Kohen (I) and Kristen Loflin (I) winning the Harrisonburg City School Board and current council member
When she announced state felony charges were being filed against the two men who initially denied they put pout call but then admitted that they had done it. the investigation into that robocall in 2020 ultimately turned up the fact that this trash wasn't just targeted against black voters in detroit in michigan. it was also used against thousands of black registered voters in pennsylvania, in philadelphia, and pittsburgh. in illinois, chicago, also in new york, also in ohio. tens of thousands of these calls were placed. all to majority black, majority voting democratic areas. there were the f...
The two men who initially denied they put pout call but then admitted that they had done it. the investigation into that robocall in 2020 ultimately turned up the fact that this trash wasn't just targeted against black voters in detroit in michigan. it was also used against thousands of black registered voters in pennsylvania, in philadelphia, and pittsburgh. in illinois, chicago, also in new york, also in ohio. tens of thousands of these calls were placed. all to majority black, majority voting democratic areas. there were the felony charges brought against the guys who brought that call in m...
Let me get to why you are here first and foremost. the supreme court reconvened last week hearing or arguments monday over whether to uphold alabama's voting map, in which six of seven congressional districts are majority white and republican. only one's majority black. the imbalance was noted by a federal court panel earlier this year, which joint claimants in ruling that the map discussed emission black voters influenced by confining it to what, again, is one district in the state that is nearly 30% black. in violation of the voting rights act. alabama vlad to the supreme court to block that...
In a way that actually represents their population in the state. >> reporter: evan mil began is talking about the marquee u.s. supreme court case baring his name. it centers on voting rights. currently only one of the states seven congressional districts is majority black, that's 14%. alabama's population is 2% black. he and other plaintiffs say the newly drawn congressional map dilutes the voting power of black residents. they are demanding the state create a second majority black district by breaking it up. >> we had to fight for freedom. we had to fight for the right to vote. now we're figh...