Alabama presses to use congressional map challenged by Black voters
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Alabama officials asked the Supreme Court on Friday to quickly clear the way for the state to change its congressional map for the upcoming elections.
The emergency applications to the justices came an hour after the state legislature passed a new congressional map that would reduce the Black-majority districts in the state from two to one.
The Alabama officials point to the recent decision that invalidated Louisiana’s congressional map, which was drawn with a second Black opportunity dist
The emergency applications to the justices came an hour after the state legislature passed a new congressional map that would reduce the Black-majority districts in the state from two to one.
The Alabama officials point to the recent decision that invalidated Louisiana’s congressional map, which was drawn with a second Black opportunity dist
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