A panel of three federal judges wrote that the new Republican-drawn maps gave Black voters 'less opportunity than other Alabamians to elect candidates of their choice to Congress.'
, while noting that the office does not comment on pending litigation.Republican-drawn maps that it said were in violation of state laws against partisan gerrymandering. The court ordered the Ohio Redistricting Commission to draw new maps that did not violate the state constitution.
The rejection of the Alabama maps could soon be revisited by the U.S. Supreme Court, with the state's Republican Party Chair John Wahl"The basic outlines of Alabama's congressional districts have remained the same for several decades and have been upheld numerous times," said Wahl.
Opponents of the new maps hailed the at least temporary victory as a timely decision to ensure that voters would be fairly represented ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. "We've said since the beginning that we would refuse to let unconstitutional maps be used without a fight, so we are pleased that the court recognized the importance of urgently remedying the congressional district maps ahead of November's election," Tish Gotell Faulks, legal director for the ACLU of Alabama, said in a"It's past time for Alabama to move beyond its sordid history of racial discrimination at the polls, and to listen to and be responsive to the needs and...
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