Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, on the newest of 2 developments
Alabama lawmakers on Friday refused to create a second majority-Black congressional district, a move that could defy a recent order from the U.S. Supreme Court to give minority voters a greater voice in elections and trigger a renewed battle over the state's political map.
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Alabama lawmakers refuse to create 2nd majority-Black congressional district
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Republicans, under orders of the U.S. Supreme Court to redraw congressional districts to give minority voters a greater
Republican lawmakers in Alabama rejected a proposal for a new congressional map Monday, which included a second district where Black residents would have made up most of the population.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Republicans on Tuesday advanced proposals to boost the number of Black voters in one of the state’s seven congressional districts, but critics said the plans f…
The GOP in Alabama are being criticized for not creating a second majority-Black district ordered by the Supreme Court. Instead, Republicans offered to create a swing district.
Alabama lawmakers have refused to create a second majority-Black congressional district, a move that could trigger a renewed battle over the state’s political map.
Alabama lawmakers refused to create a second majority-Black congressional district, a move that could defy an order from the U.S. Supreme Court to give minority voters a greater voice in elections.
Alabama's Republican-controlled legislature has rejected calls (and, say critics, ignored a Supreme Court ruling) to draw a second majority-Black congressional district, instead creating maps that continue to favor their own party.
Alabama lawmakers on Friday refused to create a second majority-Black congressional district, a move that could defy a recent order from the U.S. Supreme Court to give minority voters a greater voice in elections and trigger a renewed battle over the state's political map.
Alabama lawmakers have chosen not to create a second Black-majority Congressional district in the state in potential defiance of a recent U.S. Supreme Court order.
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