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Cue the new congressional maps in a handful of states.
The Supreme Court this week cleared the way for Louisiana to redraw its congressional map, following a ruling earlier this month that Alabama had violated the Voting Rights Act. Now, both states are poised to add a district that would give Black voters more influence, possibly as soon as this year. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, set a July 17 special session for legislators to draw a new map by a court-imposed July 21 deadline.
