Former President Barack Obama on Friday praised the new Alabama congressional district map as a “historic win for voting rights and democracy.”
This is a historic win for voting rights and democracy, and it happened thanks to the hard work of Black voters, advocates, and organizations like…On Thursday, a three-judge federal court picked the map Alabama will use for its congressional elections next year, one that will add a second district where Black residents make up close to half of the voting age population.
Instead of six safe Republican districts and one safe Democratic district, Alabama’s map will now have two districts where Democrats have a realistic chance to win.
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