Alabama Asks Supreme Court For Urgent Map Swap
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In major move, judges block change to Alabama voting maps after redistricting: What happens now?
A three-judge district court has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Alabama from using a Republican-favored congressional district map in a special primary election scheduled for Aug. 11. The ruling disrupts the plan approved by the Legislature to use a map state lawmakers approved back in 2023 that would give Republicans a chance to reclaim the District 2 seat they lost two years ago.
Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Friday that she is calling the state legislature back into session Monday, May 4, in order to redraw the state’s congressional map. The move by Ivey — which is dependent on the U.S. Supreme Court lifting an ...