Black voters who won at the U.S. Supreme Court in their claim that Alabama’s congressional district map violates the Voting Rights Act urged state lawmakers to adopt their proposed new map at a public hearing Tuesday.
One of Alabama’s seven congressional districts is majority Black, District 7.“We feel like this is a map that keeps the state of Alabama on the right side of the Voting Rights Act,” Milligan told the committee. “It addresses the issues with our current congressional map that the lower federal panel took issue with and found out of compliance and also that the Supreme Court also recognized was out of compliance with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
Joe Reed, head of the Alabama Democratic Conference and a longtime participant in redistricting cases, said the ADC would propose a map and present it to the committee before the special session begins. The ADC is the dominant Black political organization in the state Democratic Party. Reed applauded the efforts of the plaintiffs but told the committee he was concerned that the percentages of Black voters in the plaintiffs’ plan were too low.
The committee took no action on the proposed maps at today’s meeting. The committee’s next meeting is July 13. The public has until July 7 to submit proposed maps or public comments on the plans. Comments can be emailed to [email protected].
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