Alabama Legislature names Reapportionment Committee members ahead of redrawn congressional map alpolitics
Those lawmakers will play leading roles in drawing up new maps for the state’s seven congressional districts.
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling on June 8, affirmed a lower-court ruling that found a likely violation of the Voting Rights Act inwith one majority Black seat out of seven districts in a state where more than one in four residents is Black. At a status conference on June 16, the trial court gave the State of Alabama until July 21 to pass a remedial plan. Legislators will have to enter a special session in the coming weeks to create a new map that provides for a second congressional district with a majority of Black voters.
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