A three-judge panel ruled the congressional map likely violated the Voting ... to create majority Black electoral districts, Jefferson County is Alabama’s largest county, and home to Birmingham ...

Advocates say that under current maps, Black and minority voters in Districts 3 ... that’s a reality for Jefferson County voters. He said that in states like Alabama, a vote in a majority ...

The Jefferson County legislature has redrawn the county’s 15 legislative districts. The new maps reflect some population changes. The City of Watertown lost one district because the population ...

A federal court Thursday ordered Alabama to implement a new congressional map drawn by a ... a 7th Congressional District in the western Black Belt and Jefferson County with a BVAP of 51.9%.

Alabama’s 7th Congressional District in West Alabama and Jefferson County, will have a Black Voting Age population of nearly 52%. The new maps, instead of six safe Republican districts and one ...

(WSFA) - Alabama lawmakers heard from ... Rodger Smitherman, D-Jefferson County. The “CLC Map 1″ makes Jefferson County its own congressional district and one of the majority Black districts ...

In majority-minority Jefferson County, where Birmingham is located ... that revealed that race was a predominant factor in determining those district lines. The new maps reflect Alabama’s longstanding ...

A three-judge panel ruled the congressional map likely violated the Voting Rights Act ... open to making it harder to create majority Black electoral districts, Jefferson County is Alabama’s largest ...