Lawmakers must adopt a new map by Friday. FOX13
to give minority voters a greater voice in elections, rejected calls Monday to craft a second majority-Black district and proposed a map that could test what is required by the judges’ directive.
House Speaker Pro Tempore Chris Pringle, who serves as co-chairman of the state redistricting committee, said the proposal complies with the order to provide a district in which Black voters have the "opportunity to elect the representative of their choice." "It is clear that Alabama Republicans are not serious about doing their job and passing a compliant map, even in light of a landmark Supreme Court decision," said Marina Jenkins, executive director of the National Redistricting Foundation.
"Forty-two percent is not close to 50. In my opinion 48, 49 is close to 50," Figures said. She had urged colleagues to adopt a proposal by the plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case that would make the 2nd district 50% Black. Deuel Ross, a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund who argued the case before the Supreme Court, said lawmakers have yet to provide the information "necessary to evaluate whether these plans will in fact provide Black voters with opportunities to elect their candidates of choice in two districts."
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