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Alabama special session to redraw congressional map violating Voting Rights Act

  • Governor Kay Ivey called Alabama legislature into special session to redraw congressional district map
  • Current map likely violates Civil Rights Act by discriminating against Black voters according to Supreme Court ruling
  • State must create second majority-Black district to properly represent population
  • Special session will only address new maps, must pass by July 21 deadline
  • Plaintiffs proposed new maps creating second majority-Black district along southern coast
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