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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A three-judge panel on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging Arkansas' 2021 U.S. House map, ruling that opponents of the new congressional boundaries had not proven race motivated the Republican-led Legislature's redistricting plan.
The lawsuit tossed by the federal panel claimed the redrawn map violated the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act by moving thousands of predominantly Black voters out of the 2nd
District in central Arkansas, which includes Little Rock. Those voters were split between the state's 1st and 4th congressional districts.
"The allegations do not create a plausible inference that race was the 'predominant factor' behind the adoption of Arkansas's new congressional map," the judges' ruling on Thursday said.
Republican Attorney General Tim Griffin praised the court's decision.
"Today, a panel of three federal judges dismissed a challenge to Arkansas's congressional districts and confirms what we already knew: Our congressional districts do not violate the United States Constitution and are legal," Griffin said in a statem...
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