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Alabama, Tennessee GOP governors call special sessions after Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision

Republican governors in two southern states are calling state lawmakers back for special sessions next week to consider new congressional maps following a landmark Supreme Court decision that narrowed the scope of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Alabama lawmakers are set to convene

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Alabama, Tennessee GOP governors call special sessions after Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decisionRepublican governors in two southern states are calling state lawmakers back for special sessions next week to consider new congressional maps following a landmark Supreme Court decision that narrowed the scope of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Alabama lawmakers are set to convene
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