Judge Accepts Redrawn Baltimore County Council Map With One Majority Black District
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 26, 2022
The Baltimore County Council submitted a map to a federal judge late Tuesday evening that included only one majority Black Council District. Screenshot from court filings.
A judge has accepted a remedial Baltimore County Council map with one majority Black council district.
U.S. District Court Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby said at a status conference Thursday afternoon that the new map drawn by the Baltimore County Council is better than the one she struck down in February because it gives Black voters a chance to elect their candidate of choice.
Roughly 30% of Baltimore County . . .
