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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
By Kim Chandler and Jeff Amy

The fight over Alabama's congressional redistricting now shifts back to federal court

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Standing at an Alabama Statehouse microphone before lawmakers voted on new congressional districts, state Rep. Chris England said that change in the Deep South state has often happened only through federal court order.

The Democratic lawmaker accused Republicans of repeating history and flouting a judicial mandate to create a second majority-Black district in the state or “something quite close to it.”

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