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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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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