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Tonight a group of black Alabama voters backed by the ACLU is fighting to block a move by state Republicans to reinstate a congressional map that had been ruled a racial gerrymander.
That map had only one majority black district in a state where more than a quarter of the voters are black.
It follows a decision by the US Supreme Court late yesterday that cleared the way for the change.
The justices are now asking a lower court to take another look at the dispute.
The controversial move comes just months before this year's midterm elections, possibly giving Republicans an edge with control of Congress on the line.
Let's bring in our senior Washington reporter
Devon Dwyer who's closely following the redistricting fight.
Devon, break down the significance of yesterday's ruling for us.
Well, Lindsey, the Supreme Court did not explain its decision, but as you said, it's had the practical effect now of allowing Republicans to move forward with their preferred election map in Alabama, which as you said only has one majority black district instead of the current two.
The bottom line, this decision could give Republicans yet another edge in this really head-spinning redistricting battle and potentially here at the expense of the influence of minority voters.
Republican Governor Kay Ivey said today she's moving forward with this map.
it's amazing, Lindsey, just 3 years ago a federal court said that map was an intentional racial gerrymander violating the Voting Rights Act and the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.
The Supreme Court, as you said, now forcing a lower court to look at the map again against a new tougher standard for discrimination.
There is still a chance that judge could block the map, say that it's too discriminatory,
but you know, time is running out and things are really up on the line there in Alabama.
And Alabama is just one of several states across the South rushing to redraw congressional maps.
Could this plan ultimately backfire on Republicans?
Well, a number of states are now racing to to redraw their maps after that Supreme Court decision that ruled back a key part of the Voting Rights Act.
They want to eliminate majority-minority districts.
They also, in doing so, want to eliminate minority representatives in Congress.
Those are largely Democrats.
At the end of the day, Lindsey, a number of strategists I've been talking to say
it is, and this is stating the obvious
here, voters that will decide the outcome in all of these races, and so much of that depends on turnout.
Um and a number of strategists have acknowledged, Republican strategists have publicly acknowledged, Lindsey,
that this could backfire.
Uh that no one knows how this will come out.
You can redraw the maps all you want, but at the end of the day there are no guarantees.
Uh and so we'll be having to watch those results very closely in all of these states now with new maps just months before the vote.
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