Federal judges will draw Alabama new districts to increase Black voting power
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on September 6, 2023
Flags fly at half-mast over the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama on July 26, 2020. Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/ Reuters.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal judges said Tuesday that they will draft new congressional lines for Alabama after lawmakers refused to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority, as suggested by the court.
In blocking the newly drawn congressional map, the three . . .
