Mayor Michelle Wu signs off on new Boston electoral map

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has given the rubber stamp to a new electoral map passed by the City Council.

She signed off on the map late Friday, days before a self-imposed deadline to finish the map to ensure the city doesn't have to delay its fall elections.

Council members negotiated the new map's nine district boundaries after a federal judge rejected the map originally agreed upon by the council. The judge said the map may have relied too heavily on race and could violate the Voting Rights Act.

Councilor Ruthzee Louijeune's map was the starting point for the newly drawn map, which notably would impact some sections of Dorchester and Mattapan.

Wu thanked the council for its "intensive work" to settle on a map. She noted Councilor Louijeune for her work chairing the committee tasked with redrawing the map.

Jacob Love, an attorney working with a coalition of progressive community groups in Boston to ensure the map is fair, says he's still analyzing it.

"What's most important to this coalition right now is ensuring that the city knows that the process was flawed and that it was rushed," he said.

A federal judge will evaluate the map Tuesday.