The ruling encouraged partisan gerrymandering in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Virginia previously under scrutiny for their legacy of discriminatory voting practices.. ..…
Citizen ballot initiatives aren’t allowed in about half the states, including in Texas, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana — all places where lawsuits over racial gerrymandering have been filed. . ..…
Courts have blocked similar laws Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas, according to Associated Press.. Judges on Circuit sympathized with Alabama last year and ruled that Supreme Court's precedents on abortion required that the ban be struck down. . ..…
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