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Alabama Lawmakers Rush To Redraw Voting Map After Supreme Court Ruling

  • Federal judges ordered Alabama to create a new congressional map with a second majority-Black district.
  • Alabama lawmakers convened a special session to adopt a new map by the court-ordered deadline.
  • There is disagreement among Republicans over how to configure the new Black-majority district.
  • The Supreme Court affirmed Alabama's existing map likely violates the Voting Rights Act.
  • This is Alabama's first major redistricting since 1992, when it was first ordered to create a Black-majority district.
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