A three-judge panel has blocked Alabama’s new congressional map after lawmakers failed to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority, as suggested
A three-judge panel has blocked Alabama’s new congressional map after lawmakers failed to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority, as suggested by the court.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Federal judges said Tuesday that they will draft new congressional lines for Alabama after lawmakers refused to create a second district<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/judges-reject-alabamas-congressional-lines-will-draw-new-districts-to-increase-black-voting-power/">Read More</a>
In blocking the newly drawn congressional map, the three-judge panel wrote that they are ‘deeply troubled’ that Alabama lawmakers flouted their instruction to create a second majority-Black district or something close to it
A three-judge panel has blocked Alabama’s new congressional map after lawmakers failed to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority, as suggested