Alabama's Republican-drafted congressional map was struck down on Tuesday for not creating a second district with sufficient Black representation
But the revised plan only included one majority-Black district, with a second district that had less than 50% Black residents -- prompting swift outcry from Democrats and advocates who said that flagrantly violated the court's instructions.
The federal ruling that originally struck down Alabama's map in 2022 ordered the Legislature to draw "two districts in which Black voters either comprise a voting-age majority or something quite close to it." About 27% of Alabama residents are Black, according to census data. Only one of its seven districts is represented by a Black lawmaker.
Marchers lead chants during the Black Voters Matter's 57th Selma to Montgomery march on March 9, 2022 in Selma, Ala.Defenders of the now-rejected map argued they had achieved "something quite close," as the court ordered. Under that plan, Black voters comprised 39.93% of Alabama's 2nd District and 50.65% of the 7th District.
The judges wrote that they were "deeply troubled" that Alabama lawmakers enacted a map that disregarded the findings in 2022."We are not aware of any other case in which a state legislature — faced with a federal court order declaring that its electoral plan unlawfully dilutes minority votes and requiring a plan that provides an additional opportunity district — responded with a plan that the state concedes does not provide that district," the judges wrote.
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