A group of black elected leaders in Alabama – including a state representative from Mobile County – argues that the Legislature’s proposed congressional map gives Baldwin County voters too much power at the expense of Mobile.
The “friend-of-the-court” brief filed Sunday comes ahead of Monday’s federal court hearing in Birmingham about whether the Legislature complied with a mandate to create a second district where African Americans can elect a candidate of their choice to Congress.
“The new map provides too much influence for voters in Baldwin County at the expense of voters in the City of Mobile and the Black Belt,” the brief states. “Such a decision epitomizes the dilution of Black voting power in the State, as Baldwin County’s combination with Mobile reflects the ability of white voters to minimize opportunities for Black voters,” the brief states. “Their grouping as a ‘community of interest’ does not hold weight either.”
The black politicians argue that connecting the coastal counties “do not resonate with history and tradition of the area” and that combining parts of Mobile with the Black Belt “make more sense culturally and historically.”
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