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A special federal three-judge panel has chosen a new congressional map in Alabama after previous versions drawn by Republican state lawmakers diluted the power of Black voters and were struck down.
The map will likely add a Black — and Democratic — member to the delegation.
A panel of federal judges approved a new congressional map for Alabama on Thursday after versions drawn by the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature were struck down for diluting the power of Black voters. The new map maintains Alabama’s one existing majority-Black district and nearly adds a second one, boosting Democrats’ chances of flipping a seat in…
(The Center Square) — A three-judge panel chose the new congressional map for Alabama in an order issued Thursday that creates a second Black majority district.
The United States Supreme Court denied Alabama's attempt to have its congressional maps stand, which will now go to a special master to redraw the boundaries after the Legislature refused.