Court blocks Alabama congressional map
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Governor Kay Ivey's office said she will be celebrating the decision made by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the use of an Alabama-drawn State Senate map made in 2021.
Justice Clarence Thomas orders left-wing voting rights activists in Alabama to defend a congressional districting map that helped Democrats flip a deep-red House seat in 2024.
Alabama is likely to appeal the ruling, which stops an effort to use a new congressional map that would redraw one majority-Black district.
A three-judge panel found that the 2023 congressional district maps adopted by Alabama intentionally discriminated against Black voters.
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In major move, judges block change to Alabama voting maps after redistricting: What happens now?
A three-judge district court has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Alabama from using a Republican-favored congressional district map in a special primary election scheduled for Aug. 11. The ruling disrupts the plan approved by the Legislature to use a map state lawmakers approved back in 2023 that would give Republicans a chance to reclaim the District 2 seat they lost two years ago.