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Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s bid to use congressional map with just one majority-Black district
NBC ^ | 9/26/23 | Lawrence Hurley

Posted on 09/26/2023 7:45:20 AM PDT by CFW

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To: CFW

Alabama is a fairly regular shape. Draw a line down the middle from north to south. Draw 2 horizontal lines east to west making six districts of equal square miles. Make a 7th district out of the bobtail.

Now adjust those lines north/south, east west until about 750,000 people are in each district.

Make the decision by geometry primarily and population secondarily, and no one can accuse you of anything.


61 posted on 09/26/2023 6:02:34 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: napscoordinator

I thought that number looked funny.


62 posted on 09/27/2023 4:35:46 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: xzins

ANY one can be accused of ANYthing at almost ANY time.

...but then they should have to PROVE it.


63 posted on 09/27/2023 4:37:57 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: CFW

This is another assumption that blacks will vote for skin color over substance.


64 posted on 09/27/2023 5:55:01 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants ( "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled."- Mark Twain)
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To: Elsie

That’s true, of course. But if the decision is simply geometric and the required population per district, then it will be harder to point fingers. The districts in Alabama are weird in shape like a drunk was doing a modern art painting.


65 posted on 09/27/2023 7:22:27 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: xzins

kinda like indiana

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana%27s_congressional_districts


66 posted on 09/27/2023 1:57:11 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Gerrymandering.....one day will they be running a district line right down the middle a highway connecting pockets of white residents like they did with blacks and Cynthia McKinney’s old district?

Personally, I don’t think districts should be allowed to be shaped on the basis of race of ANY color. There is a difference between equal protection under the law and more-than-equal influence under the law.


67 posted on 09/27/2023 2:01:26 PM PDT by Gaffer
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68 posted on 09/27/2023 2:08:15 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Okay...I see several mostly continuous blue areas amidst a sea of red. All those disconnected areas are one district? I’m guessing those areas are largely urban and have a heavy concentration of minorities.


69 posted on 09/27/2023 2:11:14 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Elsie

Yes. Those seem fairly geometric to me.


70 posted on 09/27/2023 2:20:11 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: Tell It Right

You misread the site you linked. The 12.4% black was the NATIONAL number.

If you enter “Alabama” and “Black or African American alone” below the result which you’ll see will actually be 25.8%. So in point of fact blacks are under-represented by 50%.

Do you agree?


71 posted on 09/27/2023 4:34:38 PM PDT by Miami Rebel
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