The Alabama attorney general’s office said Thursday that it opposes all three congressional maps proposed by a special master as federal judges begin drawing new districts.
that Alabama — which is 27% Black — should have a second-majority Black district or something “close to it.”
The plaintiffs urged the court to adopt either proposed Plan 1 or Plan 3, saying that those adequately remedy the Voting Rights Act violation. They said the special master’s analysis concluded that the Black-preferred candidate would have won election in 15 or 16 out of 17 contests.
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