US EditionFederal judge rules Alabama Senate district violates Voting Rights Act, orders new map
Judge Anna Manasco ruled Alabama's Senate map violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters' influence, requiring a new majority-Black district near Montgomery before 2026 elections.
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco ruled Alabama's state Senate map violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters' influence in Montgomery and ordered Alabama lawmakers to redraw the districts accordingly.
- The 2021 State Senate plan, plaintiffs say, packed Black voters in Montgomery and cracked Black communities in Huntsville, diluting their political power, the American Civil Liberties Union and others argued.
- Evidence at an eight-day trial showed 20 witnesses and 48 lawyers contributed to a 261-page ruling, noting Alabama has had eight majority-Black districts since the 1990 census and the 35-member Alabama Senate has seven Black senators.
- The court set immediate deadlines, ordering proposals by next Wednesday and scheduling a status conference next Thursday at the federal courthouse in Birmingham, warning it will redraw districts if the Alabama Legislature fails to act.
- The Legislature will meet on Jan. 13 and, according to Manasco, lawmakers have until February 11 to redraw the map before next year's election of all 140 legislative seats, including 35 Senate seats.
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Federal judge rules Alabama Senate district violates Voting Rights Act, orders new map
A federal judge on Friday ordered Alabama lawmakers to draw a new legislative map that includes a new majority-Black Senate district near Montgomery or something close to it.
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The Alabama Senate chamber on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. A federal judge Friday ruled that Alabama's Senate map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and said a remedy should include a majority or near-majority Black Senate district in Montgomery. ((Stew Milne for Alabama Reflector))A federal judge ruled Friday that Alabama’s current state Senate district map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, banning voting laws that discrim…
Breaking: Court Agrees Alabama’s State Senate Districts Violate the
August 22, 2025BIRMINGHAM, AL – In a mixed ruling on Alabama’s state Senate redistricting case, a federal court has found that the state’s map violates the Voting Rights Act in Montgomery but upheld the current map makeup in the Huntsville area.
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