This story was updated at 5:09 p.m.
Georgia Republican lawmakers unveiled a proposed Congressional map on Friday, which creates a new, majority-Black district in west Metro Atlanta, but seeks to preserve Republicans’ current 9-5 advantage by dismantling a Democratic-voting district elsewhere.
The new map would have five majority-Black districts, compared to the four in the current maps. However, the total number of majority-minority districts would remain unchanged.
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