Alabama Protesters Gather to Fight GOP Redistricting: ‘How Much More Power Do They Think They Need?’
Advocates say the rushed map redraw could weaken Black voting power and follows a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.
- Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey convened a special legislative session on Monday, May 4, to redraw U.S. House and state Senate district maps, aiming to establish procedures for special primaries should district lines change.
- Following the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which limited Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed an emergency motion to lift injunctions barring redistricting.
- Over 150 demonstrators gathered at the Alabama State House on Monday to protest the session, which some activists labeled "Jim Crow 2.0," organized by Alabama Arise and allied voting rights groups.
- Alabama Democratic Party Chairman Randy Kelley criticized the plan, arguing Republicans intend to "try to eliminate all of," targeting districts held by U.S. Reps. Terri Sewell and Shomari Figures.
- Other Southern states are following this trend, with Tennessee Governor Bill Lee calling a special session for next week, as advocates warn the push threatens minority representation and erodes Civil Rights Movement gains.
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arkansasadvocate.comAlabama Legislature begins special session on primary elections for court-altered districts
Alabama House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter, R-Rainsville, opens a special session of the Alabama Legislature on redistricting on May 4, 2026, at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. The Legislature will focus on two bills, one that will call a special election for effected congressional districts and one that will do the same for two Montgomery-area State Senate districts. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)The Alabama Legislature convened …
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Dothan EagleAlabama protesters gather to fight GOP redistricting: ‘How much more power do they think they need?’
A crowd gathered outside the Alabama State House about two hours before lawmakers began a special session that could affect this year’s congressional races.
Civil rights groups in the South respond to Supreme Court's blow to voting rights
Transcript: AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: We turn now to NPR’s Debbie Elliott, who joins us from Orange Beach, Alabama, a state that’s been at the center of the voting rights debate since the 1960s. Good morning, Debbie. DEBBIE ELLIOTT, BYLINE: Hi there. RASCOE: Let’s do a quick review of that history, starting with Selma, Alabama, in March of 1965. ELLIOTT: Right. The brutal treatment of civil rights marchers there on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge is rea…
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