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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kim Chandler

Judges reject Alabama’s congressional lines, will draw new districts to increase Black voting power

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A federal court has struck down Alabama’s latest Republican-drawn map of its congressional districts after the US Supreme Court found that its previous attempt discriminated against the state’s Black voters.

A three-judge panel in US District Court said it was “deeply troubled” that the state approved a map that it “readily admits” does not meet its obligations to federal law.

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