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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 two seats from their current 102-78 majority while creating five more majority-Black districts that D...

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

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