A 3-judge federal panel is rejecting Alabama’s newly-drawn Congressional district map and sending it back to the legislature.
Summary
- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A 3-judge federal panel is rejecting Alabama’s newly-drawn Congressional district map and sending it back to the legislature saying it likely violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
- The judges say plaintiffs are likely to prove “Black voters have less opportunity than other Alabamians to elect candidates of their choice to Congress.”Lawmakers met in Montgomery in October of 2021 to re-draw the Congressional district map during a special legislative session.
- During that special session Democrats and advocacy groups pushed for another majority-minority district to be drawn in Alabama.
- BREAKING:A 3-judge federal panel just rejected the new Congressional voting map approved by the Alabama legislature late last year.
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