Alabama Republicans ask US Supreme Court to clear way for new voting map
State officials say the 2023 map would align with the Supreme Court’s Louisiana ruling and could let Republicans regain a House seat.
- On Friday, Alabama Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court to clear the way for a congressional map more favorable to their party ahead of November's midterm elections. State officials sought to lift a lower court's order requiring two majority-Black districts out of seven.
- The Supreme Court's April 29 decision struck down Louisiana's electoral map that had given a second Black-majority district, ruling it relied too heavily on race. This weakened Voting Rights Act protections, making it harder for minorities to challenge maps as discriminatory without direct evidence of racist intent.
- Demonstrators outside the Alabama Statehouse on Friday shouted 'fight for democracy' and 'down with White supremacy.' Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton warned Republicans are stripping representation from Black voters, saying 'We have just only been voting since 1965, and you are now trying to take that voice away from us.'
- Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation Friday authorizing new primaries if courts permit revised districts. The law would ignore May 19 primary results for some congressional seats and direct new primaries under revised districts if courts approve the map.
- Republicans in Louisiana, South Carolina, and Tennessee are simultaneously pursuing redistricting plans, with Tennessee enacting new districts Thursday that carve up a Democratic-held, Black-majority district in Memphis. Republicans project gains of 14 seats from new districts in several states compared to six for Democrats.
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‘Killing our vote’: GOP states rush to break up Black districts after US Supreme Court case
Tennessee State Rep. Justin Pearson, a Memphis Democrat, speaks to a crowd of protesters on May 5, 2026, the first day of a special legislative session called by Republican Gov. Bill Lee to redraw Tennessee’s congressional districts. (Photo by Cassandra Stephenson/Tennessee Lookout)The day after the U.S. Supreme Court crippled the federal Voting Rights Act, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson addressed a virtual gathering for the group’s mem…
Alabama awaits Supreme Court action after federal judges reject bid to lift redistricting injunction
Federal judges on Friday rejected Alabama’s request to lift an injunction blocking the state from using previously approved congressional and state Senate district maps, leaving the issue unresolved as the state awaits action from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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