Tag: REDISTRICTING

Who will be able to run for the recently announced August congressional special elections?

South Alabama Congressional candidates continue to announce their decisions amid a shakeup of districts.  The splitting of the Congressional District 1 slate is likely as some candidates in that race eye Congressional District 2 for the special primary election.

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.

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.

Two Montgomery area State Senate districts weren’t included in an August special election announcement by Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday for a handful of congressional seats.

Republican voters will see a crowded slate for Congressional District 1 on the May 19 primary ballot. However, the results will be nullified once the special election takes place in August. While some candidates for CD-1 plan to stay in the district, others will switch to CD-2.

Wednesday, on Mobile radio's FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall discussed the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling striking down a racially based federal court-ordered Alabama congressional map from 2023.

The NAACP and ACLU filed a temporary restraining order request in the Northern District of Alabama federal court on Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated an order that barred Alabama from using a congressional map passed by Alabama Republican lawmakers in 2023.

Alabama was vindicated in a recent redistricting ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.

The future of Alabama is total Republican representation in Congress after a favorable Alabama redistricting ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday, according to U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise).

The May 19 primary election will proceed as scheduled after Alabama got a favorable redistricting ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on Monday, according to Secretary of State Wes Allen. 

State Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham) called U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) Associate Justice Clarence Thomas an "Uncle Tom" and the "one who sold us out in Africa" after a recent redistricting ruling on Monday.

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.

The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) struck down a 2023 federal court-ordered Alabama congressional map on Monday.

According to Givan, the effort from conservatives to congressionally redistrict Alabama without racial-bias amounts to "plantation politics."

The weekend following last week’s very contentious special session was filled with a bevy of accusations against House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville), based on a highly exaggerated interpretation of a comment he made following state action related to voting maps.

Friday was a highly emotional and tense day in the Alabama House of Representatives, after lawmakers passed legislation allowing the use of currently court-barred maps in a special election if courts remove the injunctions.

After lawmakers advanced two pieces of legislation that would compel a special election in specific congressional and State Senate districts, all eyes are on the U.S. Supreme Court to see if the state wasted time and money in this recent special session.

The concept of majority-minority, racially-drawn districts has always been a house of cards, and like the flick of a finger, Callais has knocked it down. It’s time we move beyond this unconstitutional model to representation that embraces all voters in every district.

Ahead of being inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) discussed the special session to redistrict Alabama following the U.S. Supreme Court's historic majority ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.

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.

House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) is optimistic that Republicans could win all seven of the state’s seats in Congress, after the legislature paved the way for the state to use a congressional map that federal courts have blocked for years.

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.

Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice and attorney general candidate Jay Mitchell discussed the urgent need to congressionally redistrict Alabama following the U.S. Supreme Court's historic majority ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.

According to Orr, despite many Alabamians now demanding a 7-0 map favoring Republicans, a 6-1 map, allowing U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) to retain her seat in the state's 7th congressional district, is more likely to be ratified and implemented than a fully conservative map.

Democratic members of the House of Representatives wrestled with law enforcement and security staff in the gallery of the House of Representatives as protestors began chanting and causing a disruption in Friday's special session proceedings.

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.