Montgomery, Alabama — Attorney General Steve Marshall on Wednesday filed emergency motions asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the state to use the Legislature’s 2023 congressional map following a ruling that changed the legal standard for racial gerrymandering. Marshall filed motions in Allen v. Singleton, Allen v. Milligan and Allen v. Caster, seeking reconsideration under the new standard. State leaders acted one day after the Supreme Court rejected Louisiana’s map in a decision that requires proof of intentional racial discrimination; Governor Kay Ivey announced a special session Friday to consider new maps if the Court clears the way, and Secretary of State Wes Allen asked the justices to expedite review, while courts’ prior orders had installed a map creating a second majority-Black district used in recent elections.
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这不仅仅关乎阿拉巴马州。这关乎全国的投票权和公平代表性。如果最高法院允许阿拉巴马州的地图,也可能为其他州树立先例。密切关注此案。它可能会影响你所在的州如何绘制自己的地图。
最高法院的裁决可能会重塑种族选区划分的标准。这是一个复杂的问题,但归根结底是:所有公民的公平代表权。如果你相信每一票的力量,就值得转发。
共和党州领导人和立法机构试图恢复2023年的地图,如果最高法院允许使用,这可能会增加共和党的代表性并加强该党对选区划分的控制。
受益于法院命令绘制的、创建了第二个多数黑人选区的地图的黑人选民和投票权倡导者,如果立法机构的地图被恢复,可能会看到代表性降低和法律不确定性增加。
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