Federal court strikes down Alabama House map over Voting Rights Act concerns

Published January 25, 2022 5:57pm ET



A federal court has blocked Alabama’s Republican-backed congressional map, saying it is likely in violation of the Voting Rights Act.

The Monday decision by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit gives Alabama’s Legislature two weeks to redraw its new map for House seats, designed to elect six Republicans and one Democrat, in a black-majority district.

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