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Oct 5, 2023 · A federal court on Thursday approved a new congressional map in Alabama that significantly boosts the Black population of a second district and could represent a pickup opportunity for Democrats ...
Oct 5, 2023 · Alabama is more than 26% Black, but state Republicans repeatedly drew maps so that just one of the state's seven congressional seats would be majority-Black — even after a federal court and the ...
Oct 5, 2023 · Oct. 5, 2023. A federal court ordered Alabama on Thursday to use a new congressional map that could lead the state to elect two Black representatives for the first time in its history, by creating ...
Oct 5, 2023 · Under the map that was accepted by Thursday's order, Black voters comprise 48.7% of the voting age population in one district and 51.9% of the voting age population in a second district.
Oct 9, 2023 · The legal tug-of-war over Alabama’s congressional map started shortly after the state redrew its districts in 2021. Despite Black Alabamians making up 27% of the state’s population, only one ...
Sep 5, 2023 · A federal court struck down Alabama’s congressional map on Tuesday, after GOP state lawmakers refused the court’s mandate to draw a second majority-Black district. The three-judge panel wrote ...
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Jul 22, 2023 · Alabama lawmakers refused to create a second majority-Black congressional district, a move that could defy an order from the U.S. Supreme Court to give minority voters a greater voice in elections.
