Special session ongoing to discuss congressional lines
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Starting on Monday, the Alabama state legislature went into a special session. This session is in regard to the redrawing of congressional lines.

 Dalton Middleton

After a landmark court ruling declaring Alabama's congressional districts unconstitutional, state lawmakers are gathering in Montgomery on Monday to decide on the new map.

On June 8, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Alabama congressional districts violated Section II of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, specifically regarding voter discrimination based on race, color or membership in one of the language minority groups identified in Section IV. 

Abigail Murphy is a multimedia reporter for Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc. To contact Abigail Murphy, email abigail.murphy@alexcityoutlook.com.