Federal payments system - Alabama voting maps - "Barbenheimer" breaks records

Source: Bloomberg

1. Summary
   Alabama's GOP-dominated legislature approved new congressional maps on Friday. A district court had ordered the state to redraw its maps, saying they violate the Voting Rights Act. Alabama currently has one majority-Black district out of seven total districts, but 25% of the state's population is Black. The Supreme Court upheld the lower court's ruling in June.
   
   The district court ordered the state to redraw its maps to include two districts with a Black "voting-age majority or something quite close to it." The newly-approved maps, which were signed by the governor, contain one district with a narrow Black voting-age majority and one district where Black people comprise 40% of the voting-age population.
   
   Alabama Democrats say the redrawn maps violate the courts' rulings, while Republicans say they are in compliance. The new maps are likely headed for a new round of litigation. Some Democrats also accused Republicans of trying to get the Supreme Court to revisit and weaken the Voting Rights Act, which Alabama's House speaker denied.

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