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Judge orders new Alabama Senate map after ruling found racial gerrymandering
The new map raises Black voter share in District 25 to 51%, increasing their chance to elect preferred candidates to nearly 90%, court documents show.
- A federal judge approved a new Alabama state Senate map for Montgomery after ruling the previous map diluted Black voters' influence in violation of the Voting Rights Act.
- The judge gave the legislature a chance to fix the violations, but the governor declined to call a special session.
- The new court-approved map moves some Black voters from one district to another in the Montgomery area to afford them an equal opportunity to elect senators of their choice.
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State appealing court's order to use redrawn districts
MONTGOMERY — Alabama is appealing a federal court’s order that it must use two redrawn state Senate districts in upcoming elections because the map originally drawn by lawmakers packed Black voters into one district, limiting their influence in others.
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