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AILSA CHANG, HOST: And that case, Shelby County v. Holder, is what we re going to examine today in our series The Right To Vote. As the vice president mentioned, that Supreme Court case has, in part, made it possible for states to enact new restrictive voting laws. So let s go back. Shelby County is in the heart of Alabama, and that s where a Black city council member named Ernest Montgomery initially lost his bid for reelection in 2008, after his district was redrawn to include fewer voters of color. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) ERNEST MONTGOMERY: This was about my people.

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