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Alabama Voters Head to Polls as U.S. Supreme Court Takes Redistricting Case

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear appeals in an Alabama redistricting challenge, but tomorrow's Democratic and Republican primaries will continue as scheduled.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear appeals in an Alabama redistricting challenge, but tomorrow's Democratic and Republican primaries will continue as scheduled.

 

But the general election in November could be a different story, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said.

 

Last year a three-judge panel rejected claims brought by the Alabama legislative black caucus and the Alabama Democratic Conference. Those plaintiffs argued that, during redistricting in 2012, the Alabama Legislature had overly packed black voters into majority black districts, thereby diluting their political influence in adjacent majority white districts.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.