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Alabama asks Supreme Court to clear way for Republicans’ redrawn voting map
Alabama has asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency order to clear the way for a redrawn congressional map that could boost Republicans’ chances in November, following Gov. Kay Ivey’s signing of the map. The state seeks permission to revert to a map with a majority-Black district after a lower court blocked the 2023 map. The Hill reports the move comes as Alabama ties the questions to a broader Voting Rights Act narrative in the wake of a Louisiana decision. The timing centers on a May 14 deadline for a ruling and reflects ongoing partisan framing of district boundaries in relation to court rulings and elections.
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Alabama Republicans approve plan for new primaries if courts allow GOP-friendly map
Alabama Republicans on Friday approved legislation directing the governor to schedule new primary elections for certain races under a friendly congressional map — if the courts agree to lift an earlier injunction keeping the current map in place until after the 2030 Census. The legislation would have no effect unless.
Alabama asks Supreme Court to clear way for Republicans’ redrawn voting map
Alabama urged the Supreme Court on Friday for an emergency order clearing the way for its redrawn congressional map that could boost Republicans’ chances of holding on to the House in November. The ask landed just as Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed the map, which lawmakers passed in response to the high court’s recent.
Alabama urges US Supreme Court to let it eliminate a Democratic-held congressional district
Alabama filed an emergency appeal at the US Supreme Court on Friday asking the justices to allow the state to revert to a congressional map with one majority-Black district, setting up a potentially thorny question for the high court as the justices have openly sparred over whether partisanship has played a role in.