The judges also rejected arguments from the NAACP of East St. Louis that Democrats unfairly diluted Black voters from a traditionally Black state House district, instead saying the move was done to shore up white Downstate Democratic districts in rural areas where Republican strength is increasing. Political gerrymandering, while controversial, is legal, they said.
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