Black lawmakers argued that the proposed plans from the Alabama House and Senate do not comply with the court directive to create a second majority-Black district “or something quite close to it.”
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On the eve of a court deadline, Alabama lawmakers are still divided Thursday over thedesignating new congressional districts and sparred over what constitutes an “opportunity” district that the state was ordered to create for Black voters.
“So I’ve got an opportunity to lose,” said Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton, a Democrat from Greensboro. that the current state map — with one majority-Black district out of seven in a state that is 27% Black — likely violates the federal Voting Rights Act. The meaning of the terms"quite close" and “opportunity” have dominated much of the legislative debate.
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