After legal battle, Ala. congressional map to include 2nd district for Black voters: Court

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/after-legal-battle-ala-congressional-map-include-2nd/story?id=103757121

Alabama voters will vote in the 2024 elections using a map that includes a second district designed to empower the state's Black voters, a federal court ruled on Thursday

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Cheesus@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y

I'm glad the courts went with outside help bypassing Alabama. Everyone knew Alabama was going to keep stalling until the election and use their rigged maps.

Donjuanme@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Sounds like the exact same thing the supreme court told them to do a month ago and they said "nah". What's to stop the blight of democracy from just not doing it again?

Cheesus@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

They can't use the fall back method where they use their old rigged maps because a new one wasn't approved. The article said they are having an outside firm make three maps and a panel of 3 judges will pick one of them. Alabama will contest it but the court will uphold the new map and voting will be done with the judge appointed map.

Nougat@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y

Federal judges then instructed outside experts to draft new lines -- a move that Alabama officials unsuccessfully appealed to the Supreme Court.