Alabama lawmakers appear to have only until July 21 to adopt new congressional districts before the 2024 elections.
Alabama Democratic Conference Chairman Joe Reed says he’s happy that the state might get a second Democratic member of the U.S. House now that the U.S. Supreme Court says the state must redraw its congressional districts.
WAKA 8 Political Analyst Steve Flowers says the Legislature will have to work quickly now that the U.S. Supreme Court says it will have to redraw the state’s congressional districts.
People in Selma are commending the U.S. Supreme Court for ruling against the Alabama’s congressional maps because they say they discriminated against Black voters.
The Alabama Republican Party has released a statement on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that says Alabama’s congressional district maps violate the Voting Rights Act.
Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a lawsuit over Alabama’s congressional district map, which sets up a new test of the Voting Rights Act.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to halt efforts to create a second mostly Black congressional district in Alabama has sparked fresh warnings that the court is eroding the Voting Rights Act.
Alabama is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court in the fight over congressional district lines.
Mourning the death of civil rights hero John Lewis, Democrats in Congress are urging the Senate to take up a bill of enduring importance to Lewis throughout his life: protecting and expanding the right to vote. “No right is more precious to our citizenship than the right of all Americans to be able to vote,” said Rep. Terri Sewell, (D-Alabama),…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– There’s a small group of protesters — marching from Selma to Montgomery — to push for the restoration of the Voting Rights Act. About a dozen marchers are walking to Montgomery — all the way from Selma. The group is travelling along Highway 80 — following the route of the historic Selma to Montgomery March….
