NAACP Legal Defense Educational Fund and multiple attorneys asked a threejudge panel to direct an official to devise a new map that complies with the Voting Rights Act . The plaintiffs in the case said legislators who drew and approved the maps didnt comply with a court mandate to create a second congressional district where Black voters have an opportunity to elect their preferred candidates . Instead they argued lawmakers were focused on pleasing national leaders whose objective is to maintain the Republican Partys slim majority in the US House . State officials who have defended the map as fair have until August to respond to the new filings . The outcome of the legal battle in Alabama along with court skirmishes in several other states over congressional redistricting could help determine whether Republicans retain their slim minority in the House after next years elections . The Justice Department filed a socalled statement of interest on Friday but did not side with any party in the dispute . If the federal judges approve a map with a second majorityBlack district that could result in two Democrats representing the state could mean two Democrats represented the state in the state would be two Democrats in the U.S. House. House Republicans hold just a narrow edge on Democrats, Democrats . If approved a map could mean that two Democrats represent the state, Democrats would have a slight advantage in Congress. If the new map could result with two Democrats, it could mean a slight increase in the number of Black voters in the district. If it was approved, it would mean that the map could be two Republicans representing the House. if the map was approved in the country’s congressional districts. If that map were approved, the state’. If they were approved it could result. if it was redrawn, it may mean that Democrats would represent two Democrats. If
Plaintiffs in redistricting case urge judges to toss out Alabama’s controversial congressional map .
