Alabama GOP criticized for rejecting Supreme Court order to create a 2nd majority-Black district
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The GOP in Alabama are being criticized for not creating a second majority-Black district ordered by the Supreme Court. Instead, Republicans offered to create a swing district.
Republican-controlled legislative committees on Tuesday voted down proposals to create a second majority-Black district and advanced separate GOP plans that would increase the percentage of Black voters in the 2nd Congressional district from about 30% to either 38% or 42% That is short of the 50% sought by plaintiffs who won the Supreme Court case.
Republicans said their plan complies with the court’s directive to draw a district where Black voters are present in enough numbers to influence the outcome of an election.
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