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Federal Judges Temporarily Block Alabama Redistricting Map
By Andrew Rice | The Center Square(Worthy News) – A panel of federal district court judges temporarily blocked Alabama’s plan to enact its 2023 congressional map for upcoming elections. The Alabama legislature moved to implement its 2023 congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened section two of the Voting Rights Act, a provision designed to create more majority-minority congressional districts across the country. Alabama moved to use an older congressional map that would