Tag: CONGRESSIONAL MAP

Former U.S. Senator and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Doug Jones took to social media late Tuesday, enraged over the U.S. Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) decision to allow Alabama to use its 2023 congressional map and calling it a return to the Confederacy.

U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) released a statement calling the U.S. Supreme Court's (SCOTUS) ruling allowing the state to use a 2023 congressional map dangerous and said the ruling signals the end of the Voting Rights Act.

Some candidates in Congressional Districts 1 and 2 reacted Tuesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Alabama could use a 2023 congressional map.

Chief counsel for Attorney General Marshall and current AG candidate Katherine Robertson recently used left-wing demonstrations as motivation to call on state leaders to secure a sweeping 7-0 Republican congressional delegation.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently announced its participation in the planned protest in Montgomery and Selma over the weekend to oppose a series of events that could allow Republicans to regain a congressional seat, although the protest has not picked up much steam.

Democrats and voting rights activists across the nation are trying to organize a protest in Selma and Montgomery, opposing the recent series of events that have allowed for the possibility of Republicans regaining a congressional seat.

Hampton Harris, a Republican candidate for Alabama's Congressional District 2 (CD-2), recently reaffirmed his pursuit of the seat in light of the last-minute voting map shakeup.

Governor Kay Ivey officially announced that the state would hold a special election for a handful of congressional seats, a path paved by the Alabama Legislature last week.

In the ongoing drama surrounding Alabama’s efforts to use maps that the federal courts previously banned, Democrats and left-leaning activists have continually levied the accusation of racism against the Republican supermajority legislature.

It's been just over a week since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Louisiana v. Callais case and with each day Alabama is moving towards relief from the lower court order that resulted in a 5-2 map.

After lawmakers adjourned for the final day of the special legislative session, the Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) swiftly applauded lawmakers' and state leaders' efforts to possibly allow a special election using the currently court-banned district maps.

A provision in both special session redistricting plans would eliminate the runoff requirement for the special elections that would follow, allowing a winner-take-all primary.

Democratic leadership continues to accuse Republican lawmakers in the state of being furtive with their true motivations, which include a stifling of black votes and seizing total control of the state’s seven congressional seats.

The special session on Alabama's congressional map has been marked by a peculiar silence from Republicans while Democrats continue to voice strong opposition.