Alabama Republicans ask US Supreme Court to clear way for new voting map
State officials say the 2023 map would align with the Supreme Court’s Louisiana ruling and could let Republicans regain a House seat.
- On Friday, Alabama Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court to clear the way for a congressional map more favorable to their party ahead of November's midterm elections. State officials sought to lift a lower court's order requiring two majority-Black districts out of seven.
- The Supreme Court's April 29 decision struck down Louisiana's electoral map that had given a second Black-majority district, ruling it relied too heavily on race. This weakened Voting Rights Act protections, making it harder for minorities to challenge maps as discriminatory without direct evidence of racist intent.
- Demonstrators outside the Alabama Statehouse on Friday shouted 'fight for democracy' and 'down with White supremacy.' Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton warned Republicans are stripping representation from Black voters, saying 'We have just only been voting since 1965, and you are now trying to take that voice away from us.'
- Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation Friday authorizing new primaries if courts permit revised districts. The law would ignore May 19 primary results for some congressional seats and direct new primaries under revised districts if courts approve the map.
- Republicans in Louisiana, South Carolina, and Tennessee are simultaneously pursuing redistricting plans, with Tennessee enacting new districts Thursday that carve up a Democratic-held, Black-majority district in Memphis. Republicans project gains of 14 seats from new districts in several states compared to six for Democrats.
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Alabama awaits Supreme Court action after federal judges reject bid to lift redistricting injunction
Federal judges on Friday rejected Alabama’s request to lift an injunction blocking the state from using previously approved congressional and state Senate district maps, leaving the issue unresolved as the state awaits action from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow for redrawn congressional map
Alabama officials filed a trio of petitions to the Supreme Court on Friday asking the justices to clear the way for the state to implement a redrawn congressional map ahead of the 2026 election. The three petitions from Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall asked the high court on its emergency docket to allow its 2023 congressional map to take effect and to lift an injunction by a lower court that found the map violated Section 2 of the Votin…
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