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11TH CIRCUIT OPINION

Appeals court set aside Georgia’s voting-map ruling and ordered a new review under stricter racial-discrimination rules.

Political Guyentist · August 30, 20261 min read

11TH CIRCUIT OPINION

The 11th Circuit’s Aug. 25 decision did not declare Georgia’s maps lawful. It sent the case back after the Supreme Court changed the Voting Rights Act test: challengers must support a strong inference of intentional racial discrimination and separate racial effects from partisan choices.

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