Jihar Alabama ta Amurka ta matsa lamba ga Supreme Court of the United States domin ta amince da sabuwar taswirar mazaɓu ta majalisar dokoki gabanin zaɓukan tsakiyar wa’adi (midterm elections) masu zuwa.
Jami’an jihar sun nemi kotun koli ta tabbatar da sabon tsarin rarraba mazabu da suka ce ya bi ƙa’idojin doka tare da bin umarnin kotu da aka bayar a baya. Wannan taswira ce da za ta tantance yadda kujerun majalisar wakilai za su rabu a faɗin Alabama.
Rigimar kan taswirar mazabu ta zama ɓangare na babbar muhawara a Amurka kan batun “gerrymandering,” wato tsara mazabu ta hanyar da ke ba wata jam’iyya ko rukuni fa’ida, da kuma batun kare haƙƙin jefa ƙuri’a.
Masu adawa da sabon taswirar sun ce har yanzu ba ta ba da adalci ga dukkan al’umma ba, kuma tana iya rage ƙarfin wakilcin wasu ƙungiyoyi, musamman al’ummar bakar fata a jihar.
Ƙungiyoyin kare haƙƙin ɗan adam sun yi kira da a ƙara tabbatar da adalci wajen tsara mazabu domin tabbatar da daidaiton wakilci a siyasa.
Hukuncin Supreme Court of the United States kan wannan batu na iya yin tasiri ba kawai a Alabama ba, har ma a sauran jihohin Amurka yayin shirye-shiryen zaɓukan midterm.