A three-judge federal court will decide whether to accept Alabama's new map or order a court-appointed expert to draw a replacement.
Aug. 19, 2023, 12:15 p.m.
The documents filed Saturday morning reinforced many of the points argued Monday. They may be the last word before the court rules because Secretary of State Wes Allen has told the court the new map needs to be ready by October. The three judges — Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus and District Judges Anna M. Manasco and Terry F. Moorer — ruled last year that Alabama’s previous map, passed in 2021, most likely violated the Voting Rights Act because it gave Black voters less opportunity that other citizens to elect a candidate of their choice. The judges said the appropriate remedy was an additional majority Black district or one that was close to majority Black. The U.S.
But lawyers representing two of the groups who sued, the Milligan plaintiffs and the Caster plaintiffs, said in their 64-page document filed Saturday morning that Alabama is intentionally disregarding why it had to draw a new map. “The white-preferred candidate in Congressional District 2, Alabama’s proposed remedial district, would defeat the Black-preferred candidate in virtually every election contest analyzed,” the plaintiffs wrote. “Under any measure of an opportunity district, CD 2 fails to perform.”
The plaintiffs say the state is asking the court to disregard its finding that Alabama discriminates against Black voters by having only one opportunity district.
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