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Alabama News Special master maps move forward as Supreme Court denies Alabama’s request by: Maddie Biertempfel Posted: Sep 26, 2023 / 06:29 PM CDT Updated: Sep 26, 2023 / 06:29 PM CDT ...

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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, a Republican, argued that the new map kept communities of interest intact, unifying the state’s so-called Black Belt, named for its fertile black soil.

Instead, lawmakers passed another map that only marginally increased Black voters' share in a second district. Once again, the same three-judge panel reviewed Alabama's map.

Alabama is once again appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower court order that struck down the state's congressional map for likely violating the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters' power.

Now Alabama is asking the justices to step in again as it argues that its 2023 map passes legal muster even if it doesn’t include a second majority-Black district. In a filing with the Supreme ...