“I think our state leaders did a great job of redrawing it,” said Congressman Carl.
In 2022, a federal court ruled Alabama violated the Voting Rights Act, ordering lawmakers to create a second district that was majority Black or ‘something quite close to it’.
The map Republicans in the legislature approved had a district with a black population of about 40 percent. Plaintiffs now argue the new map defies the Supreme Court order. In fact, they’re asking the judges to reject it and have an outside expert draw the boundaries that will allow the Black population to elect a second member of Congress.“I think the ruling came down as a leaning Black district, and I think it’s trying to be determined as a majority Black district and that’s not the way it is so we have a difference of opinion on that.
Several black elected officials in Alabama filed in a friend-of-the-court-brief on Sunday. It argues that a Congressional District with Mobile and Baldwin counties intact gives too much influence to Baldwin voters at Mobile’s expense. They argue Mobile has deeper historical ties with the Black Belt than neighboring Baldwin.
Black democrats in the legislature favor a proposal combining Mobile and Northern Mobile County with the Black Belt region and Montgomery to form the second majority Black District.The court is accepting written filings until Saturday so a ruling is expected soon. Alabama will need the finalized map in time for the election next year.
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