{"id":583205,"date":"2023-07-18T03:06:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T00:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/proposed-alabama-map-rejects-supreme-court-mandated-second-black-majority-district\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T03:06:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T00:06:32","slug":"proposed-alabama-map-rejects-supreme-court-mandated-second-black-majority-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/proposed-alabama-map-rejects-supreme-court-mandated-second-black-majority-district\/","title":{"rendered":"#Proposed Alabama map rejects Supreme Court-mandated second Black-majority district"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/SupremeCourtAlabama_100422_AP_Patrick-Semansky.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Alabama Republicans tasked by the U.S. Supreme Court with redrawing the state\u2019s congressional map are so far rejecting the court\u2019s order to create a second majority-Black district in the state. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Alabama\u2019s population is 27 percent Black, only one out of the state\u2019s seven districts is majority-Black.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In a 5-4 decision in June, the Supreme Court affirmed a three-judge panel\u2019s ruling\u00a0that Alabama\u2019s\u00a0current map likely violates the Voting Rights Act, taking away from the voice of Black voters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The group of voters who sued and won before the Supreme Court proposed a second district where Black residents are 50.5 percent of the population, according to The Associated Press. <\/p>\n<p>Facing down a Friday deadline, Republican state lawmakers proposed a congressional map on Monday that would increase the percentage of Black voters in the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Congressional District from around 30 percent to nearly 42.5 percent, but still below the court\u2019s prescribed level. The proposal was <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved by the Permanent Legislative Committee in a party-line 14-6 vote and was introduced to other lawmakers Monday afternoon in a special session. <\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Pro Tempore Chris Pringle (R), co-chairman of Alabama\u2019s redistricting committee, defended the proposal, arguing the increase gives Black voters a greater chance to elect their favored candidates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alabama had previously argued\u00a0its current map did not go against Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because it used a race-neutral benchmark, and said the court needed to show its map had fewer minority-majority than the benchmark. <\/p>\n<p>Chief Justice John Roberts pushed back on this argument in the court\u2019s ruling last month, stating it would \u201crun headlong,\u201d into the court\u2019s Voting Rights Act precedents. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt 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,\u201d Marina Jenkins, executive director of the National Redistricting Foundation, told the AP. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed reporting. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. 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