Court rules South Carolina congressional district is a racial gerrymander
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on January 8, 2023
COLUMBIA, S.C. —
Federal judges ordered South Carolina lawmakers to draw new congressional maps, ruling Friday that the U.S. House district lines of a seat flipped by Democrats four years ago were intentionally redrawn to split Black neighborhoods to dilute their voting power.
The state used the maps in this past November’s midterm elections after the Republican-dominated state Legislature redrew the lines earlier this year following the 2020 U.S. Census.
Friday’s . . .
