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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Federal judges decided on a new Alabama Congressional map Thursday morning. This new map will create a majority black voting district in Alabama but split Mobile County into two ...
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The three Alabama congressional district maps proposed by the court-appointed special master will impact Mobile County because, in all three, the county is split into two ...
A federal court on Thursday approved a new congressional map in Alabama that significantly boosts the Black population of a second district and could represent a pickup opportunity for Democrats in ...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters to proceed. The new districts also could help Democrats trying to flip ...
Lawyers for Alabama and for the organizations and Black voters who sued the state over its congressional map filed new documents Saturday with the three-judge federal court that will decide the case.
UPDATE (July 18, 2023, 3:50 p.m.): On Tuesday, a Senate committee in Alabama passed a different congressional map from the one discussed below, but it has the same flaws: Namely, it does not create a ...
Sen. Steve Livingston, R-Scottsboro, listens to discussions during a special session on redistricting on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 in Montgomery, Ala. Federal judges Thursday ordered the state to ...
Patrick Semansky / AP A panel of three federal judges has struck down Alabama’s latest map of congressional election districts for not following a court order to comply with the landmark Voting Rights ...
Mobile city officials will consider a third redistricting map within the next two weeks and ahead an August 12 date when the issue that has consumed a lot of attention at Government Plaza ends. The ...
The Supreme Court shut down Alabama’s attempt to have a congressional map with only one majority-Black district for the second time on Tuesday, rejecting the state’s request to pause a lower court ...
A panel of federal judges struck down Alabama’s latest congressional voting map on Tuesday, arguing it dilutes Black votes in the state and fails to meet protections under the Voting Rights Act, after ...