A federal judge has found that a county redistricting plan violates the Voting Rights Act.  The court ruled in favor of plaintiffs who brought an action to challenge the plan in Albany County, Georgia. The Justice Department did not bring the case.   What’s worse about the DOJ inaction, this is a plan that would have crossed the desks of DOJ lawyers under a Section 5 review.  From the link:

“On Tuesday, a federal judge stopped Albany County’s legislative elections with a ruling on the County’s 2011 redistricting. Judge Lawrence Kahn ruled the county is in violation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. He says the county’s most recent redistricting plan dilutes the voting strength of black voters in Albany County.”