An unprecedented number of challenges to congressional maps are advancing in courts across the country ahead of the 2024 elections.
— were applying Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which forbids practices that would mean racial minorities “have less opportunity than other members of the electorate to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice.”The judges concluded Alabama lawmakers should have drawn a second district “in which Black voters either comprise a voting-age majority or something quite close to it.
. “The law requires the creation of an additional district that affords Black Alabamians, like everyone else, a fair and reasonable opportunity to elect candidates of their choice.”to propose three districting plans that are legally compliant. The plans are due to be filed by Sept. 25.
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