Alabama lawmakers on Friday refused to create a second majority-Black congressional district, a move that could defy a recent order from the U.S. Supreme Court to give minority voters a greater voice in elections.
“I have people in my district saying their vote doesn’t count, and I understand why they say that,” Rep. Thomas Jackson, a Thomasville Democrat, said during debate Friday. “The person they want to elect can never get elected because they are in the minority all the time.”
“This is designed to protect a few people and ultimately to finish off the Voting Rights Act,” said Rep. Chris England, a Democratic lawmaker from Tuscaloosa.
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