State of Alabama to appeal ruling forcing state senate districts to be redrawn
The State of Alabama plans to appeal a federal judge’s order to swiftly draw new state Senate districts for next year’s legislative elections.
The State of Alabama plans to appeal a federal judge’s order to swiftly draw new state Senate districts for next year’s legislative elections.
Federal judges have ruled that Alabama intentionally diluted the voting strength of Black residents when it redrew congressional lines and said the state must continue using a court-ordered map that led to the election of the state’s second Black congressman.
U.S. Rep. Barry Moore has won the Republican nomination in Alabama’s 1st Congressional District after upsetting incumbent Jerry Carl.
Both the Democratic and Republican primaries in the newly-redrawn U.S. House District 2 are heading to runoffs.
Republican former state lawmaker Dick Brewbaker of Montgomey has qualified for the 2nd District Congressional race.
Alabama’s redrawn Congressional district lines have led U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-2nd District) to challenge U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl in District 1.
The court will hear input Tuesday on three plans proposed by a court-appointed special master as it prepares to select a plan for use in the 2024 congressional elections.
The Alabama attorney general’s office says it opposes all three congressional maps proposed by a court-appointed special master as federal judges begin drawing new lines to create a second majority-Black district in the state or something close to it.
A court-appointed special master has submitted three proposals for new congressional districts in Alabama as federal judges oversee the drawing of new lines to provide greater representation for Black voters.
The U.S. Supreme Court will allow the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters to proceed.