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ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge ruled Thursday that some of Georgia’s congressional, state Senate and state House districts were drawn in
a racially discriminatory manner, ordering the state to draw an
additional Black-majority congressional district.

U.S. District Judge Steve Jones, in a 516-page order, also ordered
the state to draw two new Black-majority districts in Georgia’s 56-
member state Senate and five new Black-majority districts in its
180-member state House.

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. Brian Kemp issued
a call for a special session to begin Nov. 29 to redraw
congressional and legislative districts, although a spokesperson for
the governor said that is a scheduling decision and doesn’t mean the Republican opposes an appeal.

Jones’ ruling follows an eight-day September trial in which the
plaintiffs argued that Black voters are still fighting opposition
from white voters and need federal help to get a fair shot, while
the state argued court intervention on behalf of Black voters wasn’t
needed.

https://apnews.com/article/georgia-redistricting-voting-rights- 3a29f4d5662e8908cc083aa07c37abd4

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