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Alabama’s congressional map at stake in federal Voting Rights Act trial

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Alabama’s congressional map is at stake in a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state will keep the new court-created district that led to the election of a second Black representative.

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alabamareflector.com

Federal trial over Alabama's congressional map begins in Birmingham • Alabama Reflector

The front of the federal Hugo L Black Courthouse taken on August 15, 2023. A trial over Alabama's redistricting maps began on Monday. (Jemma Stephenson/Alabama Reflector)BIRMINGHAM — A federal trial over Alabama’s congressional map opened Monday with questions over whether Black voters in Mobile share stronger political and economic ties with other Black residents in the state’s Black Belt or with nearby Baldwin County, a predominantly white are…

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TimesDaily

Congressional map at stake in federal Voting Rights Act trial

MONTGOMERY — Alabama’s congressional map is at stake in a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state will keep the new court-created district that led to the election of a second Black representative.

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Alabama’s congressional map at stake in federal Voting Rights Act trial

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Alabama's congressional map at stake in federal Voting Rights Act trial

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s congressional map is at stake in a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state will keep the new court-created district that led to

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speakinoutweeklynews.net

Battle for Representation: Federal Court to Decide Fate of Alabama’s Congressional Map and Rep. Shomari Figures’ Seat

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The future of Alabama’s congressional districts—and the newly won seat of Rep. Shomari Figures, a Black Democrat—returns to federal court today, where a panel of judges will decide whether [...]

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Battle over Alabama's Congressional district map goes to federal court

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press Alabama’s congressional district map is the subject of a federal trial beginning today to decide if the state will keep the new court-created district that led to the election of a second Black representative. The State of Alabama is seeking to reinstate the map approved by the Legislature. The plaintiffs hope to make the court-ordered map permanent. The trial is expected to last at least two weeks. A three-judge…

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