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Alabama, Tennessee GOP governors call special sessions after Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act decision
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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 in Montgomery starti
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