Tag: REDISTRICTING

The Alabama Legislature is still undecided on whether to call a special session in response to a ruling by a federal judge in August that ordered lawmakers to redraw Alabama’s State Senate map.

The state of Alabama will appeal a ruling by a federal judge on Friday that ordered lawmakers to redraw Alabama’s State Senate map.

U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco ordered Alabama lawmakers on Friday to redraw a new State Senate redistricting map for the upcoming 2026 election.

While the political world has been focused on the Texas redistricting fight, other states are watching with a contingency on how or if the federal courts might intervene, especially with the Louisiana v. Callais still pending in the U.S. Supreme Court.

A federal court on Thursday barred Alabama from redrawing its current, court-ordered congressional map again until 2030.

Texas Democrat lawmakers fled the state over the weekend to avoid voting on a redistricting map that could pave the way for more Republican-controlled seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Alabama Republicans are optimistic about the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to scrutinize whether red states can be forced by courts to draw second majority-minority congressional districts.

Earlier this week, during an interview on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl said last month's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to postpone a decision on Louisiana's redistricting case was a "good sign" for Alabama.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday they opposed federal oversight of Alabama’s redistricting process.

On Friday, Attorney General Steve Marshall appealed a recent three-judge federal panel ruling on May 8 that found the congressional redistricting map passed by Alabama Republican lawmakers in 2023 violated the Voting Rights Act.

Alabama will keep its current congressional map for the remainder of the decade unless the state gets a favorable ruling on a forthcoming appeal, according to a filing by Reapportionment Committee Chairs State Sen. Steve Livingston (R-Scottsboro) and State Rep. Chris Pringle (R-Mobile).

The fate of a Louisiana case before the U.S. Supreme Court could have a major impact on Alabama’s ongoing redistricting battle, according to Attorney General Steve Marshall.

Attorneys representing the state of Alabama will appeal a three-judge federal panel ruling on May 8 that found the congressional redistricting map passed by Alabama Republican lawmakers in 2023 violated the Voting Rights Act.

A three-judge federal panel on Thursday found a congressional redistricting map passed by Alabama Republican lawmakers in 2023 violated the Voting Rights Act.

Foley is updating its City Council district boundaries in preparation for the 2025 municipal elections.

The full trial of Allen v. Milligan, the state’s battle over congressional redistricting, is slated to kick off on Feb. 10, 2025, to rule on the constitutionality of lawmakers’ 2023 map that was thrown out by federal judges ahead of the 2024 general election.

A recent decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to hear arguments on a redistricting case from Louisiana will likely “clarify” a lot of similar questions in Alabama, according to House Pro Tempore Chris Pringle (R-Mobile).

A redistricting trial that could change the makeup of the State Senate is set to begin on Tuesday in federal court in Birmingham.

Attorneys representing the state of Alabama have agreed to pay $3 million to attorneys representing plaintiffs in an ongoing congressional redistricting lawsuit.

A federal three-judge panel blocked the NAACP from subpoenaing documents and communications between Chris Brown, owner of a political consulting firm called Red State Strategies, and members of the State House and Senate in an ongoing redistricting lawsuit on Friday.

A federal three-judge panel declined to dismiss Alabama congressional redistricting litigation on Thursday.

During an appearance on Mobile radio's FM Talk 106.5, the outgoing congressman said he foresees the U.S. Supreme Court giving the Alabama Legislature another shot at drawing congressional districts at some point in the next 18 months.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of South Carolina in a redistricting lawsuit similar to the one Alabama is currently litigating.

United States District Judge Anna Manasco recently denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by progressive groups against the state of Alabama’s State Senate redistricting map.

A poll commissioned by the Alabama Forestry Association surveyed 300 likely Republican voters and found former State Sen. Dick Brewbaker (R-Montgomery) ahead in the four-candidate primary election for the newly drawn Congressional District 2. 

Plaintiffs who challenged 33 different State House and Senate districts dropped challenges to all but two areas this week following Attorney General Steve Marshall’s filing of a motion to dismiss the claims. 

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall agreed to pay a requested $515,000 bill from court-appointed special master, Richard Allen, for fees and expenses related to drawing congressional redistricting maps in October for the 2024 election.