Alabama legislature passes redistricting maps that Democrats say defy court order Updated July 19, 2023 More than 1 year ago 5 min Summary ...

The new map lowers – rather than increases – the percentage of Black voters in an existing Black-majority district. It also draws up another district in an area with a 40 percent Black population.

The map was drawn by a court-appointed special master and creates a new purple 2nd congressional district running from Mobile County in Tillman’s Corner north through the southern Black Belt to ...

After the decennial count, the state adopted a congressional map with a single Black-majority congressional district out of six in a state where about 30 percent of voters are Black. Voters and ...

A redrawn map of Alabama voting districts in the aftermath of a Supreme Court decision does not satisfy requirements ordered by the court as part of its June decision, and one state representative ...

Alabama is once again appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower court order that struck down the state's congressional map for likely violating the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters' power.

An Alabama official asked the Supreme Court on Monday to halt a lower court’s order for a special master to draw a new congressional map before the 2024 election.

Alabama GOP Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday approved a new congressional map with just one majority-Black district, despite a court order calling for the redrawn lines to create two majority-Black ...

News Court-ordered Alabama congressional maps add 2nd opportunity district for Black voters Updated: Sep. 25, 2023, 10:37 p.m. | Published: Sep. 25, 2023, 6:32 p.m.

Milligan case, Alabama’s legislature redrew the congressional map to lower the Black voting-age population in the existing Democratic seat held by Rep. Terri Sewell from about 55% to just over ...

A panel of federal judges rejected Alabama’s latest congressional map on Tuesday, ruling that a new map needed to be drawn because Republican lawmakers had failed to comply with orders to create ...