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The high court on Monday rejected claims that the power of Black voters was illegally diluted because the five commissioners are elected statewide. A lower court said such statewide votes were discriminatory, which could have been a pathbreaking ruling if it stood. It would have mandated elections by district, potentially sparking challenges to statewide elected bodies in other states with large numbers of Black voters.
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