Judges reject preclearance request for Alabama congressional plans and keep map in place

Judges reject preclearance request for Alabama congressional plans

MONTGOMERY — Federal judges on ordered Alabama to continue using a court-selected congressional map for the rest of the decade, but they declined to put the state back under the preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act.

Judges reject preclearance request for Alabama congressional plans and keep map in place

Federal judges on Thursday ordered Alabama to continue using a court-selected congressional map for the rest of the decade.

Trump-appointed judges rule Alabama must use redistrict map with 2 Black majority districts until 2030

The ruling is in response to an appeal by Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen and legislators requesting a review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Alabama Is Stuck with Their Current Map

A federal court said Alabama must use independently drawn congressional maps that created a second Black-majority district more favorable to Democrats in the state for the rest of the decade, Politico reports.

Alabama Dodges Bail-in #ELB

Yesterday, the three-judge district court in the Alabama congressional redistricting litigation declined to bail-in the State to the VRA’s preclearance regime. You can find the district court’s decision here. Recall that the district court had previously found that Alabama’s… Continue reading The post Alabama Dodges Bail-in appeared first on Election Law Blog.

Federal court says Alabama must use map that creates 2nd Black majority district - Finnoexpert

Alabama must use independently drawn congressional maps that created a second Black-majority district more favorable to Democrats in the state for the rest of the decade, a federal court said Thursday. A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled unanimously that the state must use the map drawn up by a court-appointed special master until regular redistricting is scheduled to be done in 2030. The dec…