60th anniversary of Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march remembered
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Montgomery to commemorate the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march.
Voting Rights Act
Judge blocks one part of new Alabama absentee ballot restrictions
A federal judge has blocked part of a new Alabama law limiting help with absentee ballot applications, saying it violates the Voting Rights Act.
Federal judges to hear input on proposed new congressional lines in Alabama
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.
Alabama’s new congressional district lines blocked, federal judges order new lines drawn
The state is expected to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Federal judges question Alabama’s new congressional district map
Federal judges reviewing Alabama’s new congressional map on Monday sharply questioned if state lawmakers ignored the court’s directive to create a second-majority Black district, or something close to it.
Fight over Alabama’s congressional redistricting now shifts back to federal court
The fight over whether Alabama’s congressional map complies with the Voting Rights Act now shifts back to federal court as the new plan goes before the same three-judge panel that struck down the previous districts.
UPDATE: Alabama lawmakers approve new congressional district map
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.
Alabama lawmakers are divided on eve of congressional redistricting deadline
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.
Special legislative session begins on redrawing Alabama’s congressional district lines
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.
Gov. Kay Ivey calls legislature into special session to pass new congressional district map
Gov. Kay Ivey has called the Alabama Legislature into special session to approve new congressional districts.
