On Friday April 7, a lawsuit was filed against the Jefferson County Commission accusing the department of racial gerrymandering, specifically packing, during the redistricting process in 2021.
The plaintiffs include individual voter Cara McClure, Greater Birmingham Ministries on behalf of its members, the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP and Metro-Birmingham Branch of the NAACP on behalf of their members.
Legal Defense Fund assistant counsel Kathryn Sadasivan, stated that redistricting is important to addressing the needs of communities and stripping voters of their power infringes on the Constitution.
“Not only did the Commission rush through a process that will determine the county’s districts for the next decade, but they manipulated the districts to prevent Black, Latinx, and other voters from realizing their fair share of political power,” said Sadasivan. “This is a clear violation of the Constitution.”
Jefferson County consists of five districts with…
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