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Federal judge rules Georgia violated civil rights law, must redraw legislative d…

Federal judge rules Georgia violated civil rights law, must redraw legislative d…

A federal judge ruled Thursday that Georgia’s Republican-drawn state and Congressional legislative boundaries violate the Voting Rights Act by failing to have enough majority-Black districts, ordering new maps to be created by Dec. 8. The opinion includes instructions to create two majority Black state house districts in the Macon area. The 516-page order from Judge Steve Jones could see the …

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