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Why SCOTUS’ Shock Voting Rights Call May Be Window Dressing

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The Siege of a Gerrymander in Alabama

Alabama is 27% black and the white population had been decreasing according to census. The state legislature awarded themselves six of those seven seats by drawing a large snake-like district that stretched from Selma over to Montgomery. When you drive these gerrymandered districts, "you see the discriminatory intent," he says.

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