MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal judges selected new congressional lines for Alabama to give the Deep South state a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate.
Black voters will go from comprising less than one-third of the voting-age population to nearly 50%.
The three judges said the state should have two districts where Black voters have an opportunity to elect their preferred candidates.
Alabama lawmakers responded in July and passed a new map that maintained a single majority Black district.
Under the court map, Black residents will comprise 48.7% of the voting-age population.
Persons:
Barry Moore, —
Organizations:
—, Republican Rep, ”, Black
Locations:
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Alabama, Black, Mississippi, Montgomery, Mobile