Alabama can use electoral map that favors Republicans, supreme court rules

Source: US news | The Guardian · Bias: Center Left

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Conservative justices vacated a lower court’s order that had blocked the map citing racial discriminationAlabama can use a congressional map a lower court had previously said was intentionally drawn to discriminate against Black voters in the state, the US supreme court ruled on Monday.The court’s decision allows Alabama to use a congressional map it passed in 2023 after courts struck down an earlier version of its map as a violation of the Voting Rights Act – a decision the US supreme court agreed with at the time. Alabama will be able to use the map in this year’s midterm elections. Continue reading...

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Alabama can use electoral map that favors Republicans, supreme court rules
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Alabama can use electoral map that favors Republicans, supreme court rules

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Conservative justices vacated a lower court’s order that had blocked the map citing racial discriminationAlabama can use a congressional map a lower court had previously said was intentionally drawn to discriminate against Black voters in the state, the US supreme court ruled on Monday.The court’s decision allows Alabama to use a congressional map it passed in 2023 after courts struck down an earlier version of its map as a violation of the Voting Rights Act – a decision the US supreme court agreed with at the time. Alabama will be able to use the map in this year’s midterm elections. Continue reading...

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