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\n A federal judge on Thursday ordered Georgia to draw new congressional and state legislative maps, ruling that state legislators improperly diluted the political power of Black voters in establishing those boundaries following the 2020 census.\n <\/p>\n

\n The ruling by US District Judge Steve Jones could result in Democrats securing an additional seat in the US House from Georgia. Republicans currently hold nine slots in the state\u2019s 14-member congressional delegation.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Peach State litigation is among several legal and political fights under way in nearly a dozen states that could determine whether the GOP retains its narrow majority in the US House after next year\u2019s election.\n <\/p>\n

\n In his ruling, Jones said Georgia\u2019s Republican-controlled legislature had violated the Voting Rights Act, the nation\u2019s landmark civil rights law, in establishing district lines.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe Court commends Georgia for the great strides that it has made to increase the political opportunities of Black voters in the 58 years since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,\u201d Jones wrote. \u201cDespite these great gains, the Court determines that in certain areas of the State, the political process is not equally open to Black voters.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n He noted that minorities accounted for the state\u2019s population growth in the past decade but said that \u201cthe number of majority-Black congressional and legislative districts remained the same.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Jones set a December 8 deadline for state lawmakers to craft new maps.\n <\/p>\n

\n A spokesperson for Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr \u2013 whose office has defended the legislature\u2019s maps in court \u2013 said officials were reviewing Jones\u2019 order.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Georgia decision comes one day after the\u00a0Republican-controlled legislature in North Carolina approved a congressional map\u00a0that could help the GOP flip at least three US House seats now held by Democrats.\n <\/p>\n

\n Legal fights over congressional maps\u00a0are pending from New York to Utah.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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