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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The lines on Alabama's congressional map have shifted — along with some of the state's political power. After a high-profile legal fight that lasted roughly two years, a ...
People line up on August 14, 2023, outside the federal courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, where a three-judge panel was reviewing a new congressional map for the state.
The legal tug-of-war over Alabama’s congressional map started shortly after the state redrew its districts in 2021. Despite Black Alabamians making up 27% of the state’s population, ...
Alabama’s congressional map has been in limbo since June, when the Supreme Court ruled that the State Legislature had drawn it in a way that violated a landmark civil rights law and undercut the ...
The new map is the end — for now — of a lengthy legal battle that pitted Alabama’s Republican-led legislature against Democrats and civil rights groups.
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.
The Alabama Legislature must approve a new congressional map by Friday, the deadline set by a federal court to submit new federal maps. The state has had a single majority-minority congressional ...
A panel of three federal judges rejected Alabama’s latest version of its congressional map Tuesday, saying the state’s Republican-led legislature did not follow a court order backed by the U.S ...
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.
A federal court has picked Alabama’s new congressional map, which will likely result in an additional Black — and Democratic — member in the delegation.
Alabama rushes to adopt new congressional map amid disagreement on what district should look like. The U.S. Supreme Court last month affirmed a lower-court ruling finding Alabama likely violated ...
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 ...