The three-judge panel says the 'appropriate remedy' is a map that creates a second district that matches the state's demographics.
Federal judges on Monday blocked Alabama's Congressional map and ordered the Republican-majority legislature to redraw a new map that matches the state's demographics, and has two Congressional districts with a substantial amount of Black voters.
violates the Voting Rights Act by drawing only one seat where Black voters make up a majority or plurality of the district. Alabama's Black residents currently make up 26.8% of the state's population, and account for 34% of the state's entire population increase last decade. The majority were drawn into Alabama's 7th district, which has a Black voting age population of over 54%, according to the
The U.S. District Court also ordered Alabama's candidate filing deadline to be moved from January 28 to February 11, to allow time for the Republican-majority legislature to draw new lines. If they are unable to pass a plan in time, the court will order an expert to help draw a map.
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