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Challengers argue Georgia's new maps still harm Black voters
Challengers on Thursday told a federal appeals court that Georgia lawmakers are still violating Black voters’ rights after ...
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A federal judge says Georgia's political maps must be redrawn for the 2024 election
The new maps could result in Georgia Democrats netting an additional U.S. House seat in Metro Atlanta next fall — likely in a rejiggered 6th Congressional District anchored in the suburbs west ...
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Georgia Republicans approve new map that protects their advantage in state’s congressional delegation
Republicans who control the Georgia legislature on Thursday finalized a new congressional map that safeguards their party’s dominance in state politics and dashes, for the time being ...
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Georgia's redrawn congressional map nears passage as special redistricting session approaches likely end
A special session to redraw Georgia's federal and state legislative maps will likely end Thursday after a state House committee advanced a Republican-favored congressional map. The new ...
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Georgia lawmakers gather for a judge-ordered assignment: Make new voting maps
ATLANTA — A special legislative session begins Wednesday in Georgia to redraw the state's political maps after a federal judge ruled that the current district lines illegally dilute the power of ...
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Georgia congressional maps violate the Voting Rights Act, judge rules
A federal judge in Atlanta ruled Thursday that Georgia’s redrawn congressional maps violate the Voting Rights Act and gave the state's lawmakers until Dec. 8 to submit new ones. "In the event ...
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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 ...
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Judge rules Georgia’s congressional and legislative districts are discriminatory and must be redrawn
Jones ordered Georgia’s Republican majority General Assembly and governor to fix the maps by Dec. 8, saying he would redaw districts if lawmakers did not. Hours after the ruling, Gov.
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Georgia’s Voting Maps Are Struck Down
Georgia is one of several Southern states where Republicans are defending congressional maps that federal judges have said appear to discriminate against Black voters. Republican officials ...
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U.S. judge upholds Georgia's congressional map in win for Republicans
ATLANTA, Dec 28 - A federal judge in Georgia upheld a Republican-drawn congressional map on Thursday, rejecting arguments from voting rights groups and Democrats that the latest district lines ...
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Judge says Georgia’s congressional and legislative districts are discriminatory and must be redrawn
Jones ordered Georgia’s Republican majority General Assembly and governor to fix the maps by Dec. 8, saying he would redaw districts if lawmakers did not. Hours after the ruling, Gov.