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Sam Gringlas

A federal judge says Georgia's political maps must be redrawn for the 2024 election

A voter marks her ballot during early voting, on Oct. 17, 2022, in Atlanta. (Ben Gray/AP)

ATLANTA — A federal judge has ruled that Georgia's congressional and state legislative districts must be redrawn before the 2024 election, reshaping the fight for control of Congress and the Georgia legislature.

In a 516-page order released Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones wrote that the current political maps drawn by Republican lawmakers after the last census violate the federal Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting power of Black voters.

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