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Alabama Republicans advanced proposals to boost the number of Black voters in one of the state's seven congressional districts, but critics said the plans flout a court order to create a second majority-Black district or something close to it.
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Alabama Republicans have rejected proposals to create a second majority Black voting district. This opposition despite an order from the U.S. Supreme Court to redraw congressional district boundaries. Lawmakers must adopt a new map by Friday.
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Alabama lawmakers convene Monday to draw a new congressional map. The directive comes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affirmed the lower court’s ruling that Alabama’s existing congressional map — with a single Black district — likely violated the Voting Rights Act.
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Federal judges that ordered Alabama to draw new congressional lines said the state should have a second district where Black voters are the majority "or something quite close to it" and have an opportunity to elect a representative of their choice.What exactly that map should look like is in dispute as lawmakers rush to draw new lines.
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Alabama will have to move quickly to comply with a court order to draw congressional districts for the 2024 elections. Judges indicated Friday that they will give legislators until July 21 to adopt a new map.
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SCOTUS justices found that Alabama legislatures denied African American residents a fair chance of electing a representative. The high court then ordered the creation of a second majority Black district in the Yellowhammer State.
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The Selma City Council is declaring March 15th to be "F.D. Reese Day" in the community. Frederick Douglas Reese was 88 when he died in 2018. He had been…
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ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court is rejecting claims that an Alabama law which requires voters to show government-issued photo identification at the…
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Justice Department is defending Alabama’s requirement to have witnesses sign an absentee ballot. The Justice Department filed…
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As Alabama’s junior U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions prepares for confirmation hearings next week to become the country’s next Attorney General, the National…