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Letter written by the Voting Rights Institute to the Department of Justice urging them to investigate Daphe City Council's reduction in the number of polling places and enactment of a new reidstricting plan that may dilute the influence of the Black community in Daphne, Alabama.
In November 2015, the Supreme Court noted probable jurisdiction in this case. Oral argument will be heard on March 21, 2016. The Campaign Legal Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of the plaintiff-appellees.
Plaintiffs, Black residents of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, brought this Voting Rights Act challenge to the 2012 redistricting plan for Hattiesburg’s City Council. Due to shifts in population, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is now a majority-Black city. Black voters comprise the largest voting group in...