U.S. court rejects Alabama redistricting as violating Black voting rights
"Jan 24 (Reuters) - A U.S. court rejected on Monday the Alabama legislature's redrawn U.S. congressional district map for November elections, saying it likely violated the Voting Rights Act and stood to deny Black voters an additional representative.
The ruling, which can be appealed, addresses an issue of contention between the two major political parties, in which Democrats accuse Republicans of exploiting their relative strength in state legislatures to diminish Black voting power.
U.S. states must redraw congressional lines once a decade to reflect shifts in population. In most states, lawmakers control redistricting, which can lead to one party manipulating district lines to entrench its power.
In Alabama, African Americans make up 27% of the population, but ethnic minorities have a majority of voters in only one of the state's seven congressional districts. That district, concentrated around the city of Birmingham, is held by the Democratic Party and the other six by Republicans."
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1 district out of 7 gives blacks representation which equates to 14% of the population, despite the reality that they are 27% of the population of Alabama.
Shame on you, racist Alabama Republicans.
Wassa mattah? Having a 5-2 majority of districts isn't enough?
It is
so time for those federal voter rights bills to be made law.
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