The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters to proceed. The new districts also could help Democrats trying to flip control of the House of Representatives.The justices, without any noted dissent, rejected the state's plea to retain Republican-drawn lines that were turned down by a lower court.In refusing to intervene, the high court allowed a court-appointed special master's work to continue. On Monday, he submitted three proposals that would create a second congressional district where Black voters comprise a majority of the voting age population or close to it.The redrawing of the state's districts follows a June decision by the Supreme Court in which the state's congressional map that was drawn to reflect 2020 census results was found to dilute the voting power of the state바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Black residents. The map, which was used in the 2022 midterm elections, had just one majority Black district out of seven seats in a state where Black residents make up more than a quarter of the population.A second district with a Democratic-leaning Black majority could send another Democrat to Congress at a time when Republicans hold a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives. Federal lawsuits over state and congressional districts also are pending in Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.Stark racial divisions characterize voting in Alabama. Black voters overwhelmingly favor Democratic candidates, and white voters prefer Republicans.The lead plaintiff in the redistricting case, Evan Milligan, called Tuesday's ruling a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�victory for all Alabamians바카라 게임 웹사이트� and said it puts the state closer to a map that provides fair representation. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s definitely a really positive step,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Milligan said in a telephone interview.Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall바카라 게임 웹사이트�s office did not immediately comment on the decision.A three-judge panel has scheduled a hearing next week on proposed plans submitted by Richard Allen, the lawyer appointed by the judges. Allen's three proposals would alter the boundaries of Congressional District 2 so that Black voters comprise between 48.5% and 50.1% of the voting-age population, a shift that could put the seat in Democratic hands.By contrast, the district drafted by GOP lawmakers and unanimously rejected by the three judges had a Black voting-age population of 39.9%, meaning it would continue to elect mostly white Republicans, according to data simulations run by those challenging the Republican plan.The judges said Alabama lawmakers deliberately defied their directive to create a second district where Black voters could influence or determine the outcome.Milligan and other Black voters had argued Alabama바카라 게임 웹사이트�s rearranged congressional map still meant that candidates preferred by Black voters had no chance of winning outside a single congressional district, now represented by Rep. Terri Sewell, the only Democrat and the only Black member of Alabama바카라 게임 웹사이트�s congressional delegation.바카라 게임 웹사이트�It basically said if you were Black in Alabama, your vote would count for less,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Milligan said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It was our duty and honor to challenge that.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The state had wanted to use the newly drawn districts while it appeals the lower-court ruling to the Supreme Court.Though Alabama lost its case in June by a 5-4 vote, the state leaned heavily on its hope of persuading one member of that slim majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, to essentially switch his vote.The state바카라 게임 웹사이트�s court filing repeatedly cited a separate opinion Kavanaugh wrote in June that suggested he could be open to the state바카라 게임 웹사이트�s arguments in the right case. Kavanaugh, borrowing from Justice Clarence Thomas바카라 게임 웹사이트� dissenting opinion, wrote that even if race-based redistricting was allowed under the Voting Rights Act for a period of time, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�the authority to conduct race-based redistricting cannot extend indefinitely into the future.바카라 게임 웹사이트�___Associated Press writer Kim Chandler contributed to this report from Montgomery, Ala.