Alabama
Alabama activists press voting rights in U.S. Supreme Court showdown | #elections | #alabama
Supreme Court to hear arguments on Oct. 4 in Alabama case Eventual ruling could cripple landmark Voting Rights Act Sept 26 (Reuters) – When Evan Milligan, a voting rights activist and organizer, scans his hometown of Montgomery, the capital of the state of Alabama, he sees a tale of two cities. On one side of […]
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Alabama
U.S. court rejects Alabama redistricting as violating Black voting rights | #elections | #alabama
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, […]
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