Redrawn Alabama electoral map intentionally discriminatory, court rules

Court blocks Alabama from using a state-drawn congressional map

MONTGOMERY — Federal judges ruled Thursday that Alabama intentionally diluted the voting strength of Black residents when it drew congressional lines and said the state must continue using a court-ordered map that led to the election of the state’s second…

Federal Court Rules GOP-Drawn Congressional Map Discriminated Against Black Alabamians

A federal court ruled Thursday Alabama’s Republican-led Legislature intentionally diluted the voting power of Black Alabamians when it drew up congressional maps in 2023, in violation of the Voting Rights Act. The three-judge panel permanently blocked the gerrymandered map and ordered the state to use a court-ordered map that led to the election of Alabama’s second Black congressmember in last year’s election.

Court rules Alabama's congressional map discriminates against Black voters

Alabama, once the epicenter of the voting rights movement, is once again at the center of the conversation of racial discrimination in voting. A panel of federal judges ruled Thursday, May 8, that Alabama deliberately went against court orders and engaged in racial discrimination by refusing to create a second majority-Black congressional district. Federal court rules in favor of Black voters, civil rights groups A federal court permanently bloc…

Federal Court Rules Alabama’s Racist Voting Map Dilutes Black Voting Power…Again

Source: Ray Tan / Getty As much as Republicans, especially in the MAGA era, fearmonger about election security and voter fraud that largely does not exist in the U.S., the true threat to American voters that we really don’t discuss enough is the years-long trend of red states redistricting their congressional maps with the clear intent — and often the expressed purpose — of diluting Black voting power. It’s a strategy that has already worked in …

Federal Court Rules Alabama's Racist Voting Map Dilutes Black Voting Power...Again

Source: Ray Tan / Getty As much as Republicans, especially in the MAGA era, fearmonger about election security and voter fraud that largely does not exist in the U.S., the true threat to American voters that we really don’t discuss enough is the years-long trend of red states redistricting their congressional maps with the clear intent — and often the expressed purpose — of diluting Black voting power. It’s a strategy that has already worked in …

US federal judges strike down 2023 Alabama congressional map

A panel of three US federal judges struck down a 2023 Alabama congressional map on Thursday, stating that the map was in violation of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and the Fourteenth Amendment of the US...