Federal judge rules Georgia’s political district maps must be redrawn before 2024 elections

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A federal judge has struck down Georgia’s political district maps as unconstitutional, and ordered state lawmakers to redraw them by Dec. 8, in a win for voting rights activists who argued the state’s maps dilute the power of Black voters.

In a ruling issued Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones wrote that Georgia’s congressional and legislative maps, which were redrawn by Republican lawmakers in 2021, violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

 

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Federal judge approves Georgia’s Republican-drawn congressional districts​

A federal judge in Georgia signed off Thursday on congressional districts redrawn this month by the state’s Republican-led legislature, ruling that the new map did not continue to illegally dilute the power of Black voters as Democrats and civil rights groups have argued.

The ruling by Jones, an appointee of President Barack Obama, is likely to maintain the 9-5 majority that Republicans hold in Georgia’s delegation to the U.S. House.