Black residents sue Madison County to redraw districts for fair representation: ‘vote is diluted’

Black residents sue Madison County to redraw districts for fair representation: ‘vote is diluted’

NAACP Legal Defense Fund files lawsuit on behalf of two Black residents seeking a second opportunity-to-elect district.

Lawsuit challenges Madison County voting map as racially unfair

The Legal Defense Fund and the Birmingham-based firm Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher and Goldfarb filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the Madison County Commission, alleging that its current voting structure violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voting power. Filed on behalf of the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP and two Black voters — Veronica Curtis-Richie and Angela Curry — the suit challenges the “6-1” elec…

Alabama Senate votes to ease voting rights restoration for those convicted of felonies

Sen. Linda Coleman-Madison, D-Birmingham, speaks in the Alabama Senate on April 9, 2025 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector_The Alabama Senate on Thursday passed a bill aimed at streamlining the process for restoring voting rights to some individuals with past felony convictions. SB 153, sponsored by Sen. Linda Coleman-Madison, D-Birmingham, would require the state’s Board of Pardons and Paroles to de…