The Alabama Legislature has passed bills which Gov. Kay Ivey has signed to change Alabama’s Congressional district lines, if the U.S. Supreme Court gives the state approval to do so this election year.
The Alabama House of Representatives recessed after a protest broke out in the gallery over efforts to change Congressional district lines.
The Congressional redistricting effort going on in the Alabama Legislature could have some voters going to the polls for special elections later this year.
A special session of the Alabama Legislature is underway, as Republican lawmakers take steps to redraw the state’s Congressional district lines, if the U.S. Supreme Court allows the state to do so.
Gov. Kay Ivey has called a special session to address how Alabama will respond to a U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding how Congressional district maps are drawn.
Alabama lawmakers have approved a new congressional district map without a second majority-Black district, which WAKA 8 Political Analyst Steve Flowers says likely won’t be approved in court.
On the eve of a court deadline, Alabama lawmakers were still divided Thursday over the map designating new congressional districts and sparred over what constitutes an “opportunity” district that the state was ordered to create for Black voters.
A special session of the Alabama Legislature is underway, with lawmakers facing a Friday deadline to redraw the state’s congressional district lines to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court order.
Alabama lawmakers begin a special session Monday to approve a redistricting plan to create two largely Black congressional districts.
Gov. Kay Ivey has called the Alabama Legislature into special session to approve new congressional districts.
