Which states could get new congressional maps in 2024? | #elections | #alabama
Last week, Louisiana’s state legislature passed a new congressional map, which Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed into law on Monday. A federal court had previously ruled that the state’s map violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black representation. To avoid further litigation or even a court-drawn map, Louisiana’s Republican-controlled government implemented a second majority-Black […]
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Judges to rule shortly on which congressional map Alabama will use in 2024 elections | #elections | #alabama
A three-judge federal court will rule shortly on which congressional map Alabama will use in next year’s election, after ruling the state should have a second district with a substantial percentage of Black voters.More than two years have passed since lawsuits were first filed claiming Alabama’s congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act.After a three-judge […]
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Judges to rule shortly on which congressional map Alabama will use in 2024 elections | #elections | #alabama
A three-judge federal court will rule shortly on which congressional map Alabama will use in next year’s election, after ruling the state should have a second district with a substantial percentage of Black voters.More than two years have passed since lawsuits were first filed claiming Alabama’s congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act.After a three-judge […]
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Which states could get new congressional maps in 2024? | #elections | #alabama
An updating tracker of developments in midcycle redistricting. Last Updated: October 3, 2023, 11:58 AM ET LinkShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article Developments in mid-cycle Redistricting After the 2020 census, each state redrew its congressional district lines (if it had more than one seat) and its state legislative districts. 538 closely tracked how redistricting […]
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Which states could get new congressional maps in 2024? | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Alabama is furthest along in terms of having a new congressional map for 2024. Back in 2021, the Republican-controlled legislature drew Alabama a congressional map that had six majority-white seats and one majority-Black seat — despite it being possible to draw a map with two majority-Black districts. Voting-rights advocates sued, and in January 2022, a […]
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Supreme Court clears way for Louisiana to redo congressional map | #elections | #alabama
The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Louisiana to draw a second majority-Black congressional district. The justices previously paused a lower ruling that mandated the state redraw its map, but the court then sat on the dispute as it considered a similar case in Alabama. In a major, surprise ruling earlier this month, […]
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