A three-judge federal court has picked the map Alabama will use for its congressional elections next year, one that will add a second district where Black residents make up close to half of the voting age population.

The judges picked Remedial Plan 3, one of the three maps drawn by a special master appointed by the court to fix what the court found was a likely violation of the Voting Rights Act violation.

The main changes are in the southern half of the state, where District 2 becomes the second district where Black voters will have an opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice. Alabama’s racially polarized voting means that would most likely be a Democrat.

District 1 changes substantially, with two Republican incumbents within its borders, Reps. Jerry Carl of Mobile and and Reps. Barry Moore of Enterprise.

Instead of six safe Republican districts and one safe Democratic district, Alabama’s map will now have two districts where Democrats have a realistic chance to win.

Last year, the three-judge court found that Alabama’s map, with one majority Black district out of seven in a state where one-fourth of residents are Black, most likely violates the Voting Rights Act. The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that decision in June.

The three-judge court allowed the Legislature time to pass a new map. But the court found that the map approved during a special session in July did not fix the likely Voting Rights Act violation. The court ordered the special master to submit three maps, which were discussed at a hearing on Tuesday.

Alabama has had one majority Black district, District 7, and six heavily white districts since 1992, when the map was also drawn by a federal court.

The new map makes no changes to Districts 3, 4, and 5 and minimal changes to Districts 6 and 7.

This story will be updated.