BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (CN) — A group of Alabama voters on Friday made a last-ditch effort at the Northern District of Alabama to maintain congressional district maps that give Black voters the opportunity to elect candidates of their choice in two of the state’s seven districts.
A favorable decision here would reverse recent efforts by the Republican legislature to eliminate one minority district following the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in* Louisiana vs. Callais*, which weakened the Voting Rights Act and made it harder to challenge voting maps on racial grounds.
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