Voters in new Alabama congressional district given incorrect poll information
The district was created to strengthen Black representation after the supreme court ruled state had diluted power of Black voters
More than 6,000 voters in a newly formed congressional district drawn to boost Black voting power in Alabama received postcards with incorrect voting information ahead of Tuesday's primary, alarming advocates concerned about the potential impact on a race seen as crucial to boosting Black representation and Democrats' hopes to flip the US House in November.
James Snipes, chair of the Montgomery county board of registrars, said 6,593 county voters received postcards listing the incorrect congressional district after the county's election software misidentified some people living in Alabama's second congressional district as living in the seventh.
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