Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, a Republican, argued that the new map kept communities of interest intact, unifying the state’s so-called Black Belt, named for its fertile black soil.

A federal court blocked Alabama’s newly drawn congressional map on Monday, ruling that it likely violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because it only includes one district where Black ...

What the Alabama congressional map fight could mean for 2024 Federal judges on Thursday selected new congressional lines for Alabama to give the Deep South state a second district where Black ...

Alabama's congressional district map that was used for the 2022 elections, left, was found by the U.S. Supreme Court to likely violate the Voting Rights Act by diluting the influence of Black voters.

Alabama’s New Congressional Map Fits the Justices’ Ruling It’s the voting-rights plaintiffs who are defiant. The court never ordered the creation of a second black district.

After two years of court battles, and two trips to the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal three-judge panel has selected a new U.S. House map for Alabama to be used in the 2024 elections.

The plaintiffs object that the new map does not meet the court’s directive to establish two majority-Black or near-majority Black districts, given that Alabama’s Black population is 27 percent.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alabama lawmakers and Gov. Kay Ivey approved a new congressional map on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court said the previous map likely violated the Voting Rights Act of ...

Alabama begins a special session to consider a new congressional voting map after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state's current map likely diluted the power of Black voters in Alabama.

FILE - Sen. Rodger Smitherman compares U.S. Representative district maps during the special session on redistricting at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on Nov. 3, 2021.