The GOP plan, instead of establishing a second majority-Black voting district in the state like was expected, would increase the percentage of Black voters to 42% in their already dominant district.
— with one majority-Black district out of seven in a state that is 27% Black — likely violates the federal Voting Rights Act.
A group of voters who challenged the existing congressional plan said white Republicans drew the map “to maintain power by packing one-third of Black Alabamians” into a single majority-Black district while leaving lopsided white majorities in every other district. Alabama now sends one Black congresswoman to Washington — Rep. Terri Sewell, whose 7th congressional district is majority Black — and six white Republicans.
“We've been held back too long. We're human beings. We're Alabama citizens. We work. We do things, but we don't have the representation that we need,” said Rep. Pebblin Warren, a Democratic lawmaker from Tuskegee.
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