Court rejects Alabama congressional map in racial gerrymandering …
WEBSep 5, 2023 · A panel of three federal judges blocked Alabama from conducting any elections using a congressional map that was accused of being racially gerrymandered against the state’s Black voters.
Inside the fight over Alabama's congressional maps - NPR
WEBFeb 26, 2022 · Alabama is ground zero for what could be this year's highest-profile legal fight over voting rights and representation. Just over 25% of Alabama's active registered voters are Black, as is...
Why an illegal Alabama redistricting map was allowed in 2022 - NPR
WEBJul 19, 2023 · To midterm voters in Alabama, its use by the Supreme Court meant that their ballots were cast in congressional districts that a lower federal court ruled — and the high court later confirmed —...
In 5-4 vote, justices reinstate Alabama voting map despite lower …
WEBFeb 7, 2022 · The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Alabama to implement a redistricting plan that is being challenged as illegal racial gerrymandering. A lower court ruled last month that the state’s new congressional map likely violates the Voting Rights Act, and it ordered the state to draw a new map.
Alabama - The Atlas Of Redistricting - FiveThirtyEight
WEBJan 25, 2018 · Ranking Alabama’s maps. How the maps compare on district competitiveness, minority makeup, respect for local borders, compactness and the efficiency gap, an attempt to gauge how politically...
Surprise! The Supreme Court just handed down a significant ... - Vox
WEBJun 8, 2023 · Milligan that preserves longstanding safeguards against racism in US elections, strikes down a gerrymandered congressional map in Alabama, and all but assures that Democrats will gain at least...
Here’s the Alabama redistricting map Supreme Court Voting …
WEBJun 24, 2023 · The latest proposed map has two districts with significant Black voting populations in the current District Seven and a redrawn District Two.
Alabama redistricting 2022: Congressional maps by district - CNN
WEBNov 8, 2022 · Every 10 years, states redraw the boundaries of their congressional districts to reflect. After two federal courts blocked Alabama’s new Republican-drawn map — finding that it likely violated...
Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Alabama voters in …
WEBJun 8, 2023 · Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh aligned with the court’s liberals in affirming a lower-court ruling that found a likely violation of the Voting Rights Act in an Alabama congressional map with one majority Black seat out of seven districts in a state where more than one in four residents is Black. The state now will have ...
Supreme Court rejects Alabama map that diluted Black vote - USA TODAY
WEBJun 8, 2023 · The decision means the state will have to redraw the map it used in the 2022 midterm election, likely to include a second district made up of a majority of African American voters. What the ...
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