Accusing the state of 'deeply troubling' defiance, the three-judge panel ruled a special master will draw a map in time for the 2024 election with two Black districts instead of just one.
The court ruled that set-up violates the federal Voting Rights Act and ordered the state to add a second Black-majority district. The state instead merely tweaked one district to slightly increase the number of Black voters, but left it far short of a majority.
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