The state of Alabama will likely face another legal challenge from civil rights groups after the state’s Republican lawmakers approved another congressional map that, once again, likely discriminates against Black voters and significantly dilutes their voting power.
Last month, in a landmark decision 19 months in the making, the US Supreme Court sided with a lower court ordering the state legislature to go back to the drawing board and rewrite the state’s congressional districts, finding that the current map violates the Voting Rights Act.
