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Alabama calls special legislative session aiming to redraw Congress maps
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Alabama governor calls for special session on redistricting
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey called for the state’s legislature to meet in special session next week to revisit their congressional map, the latest fallout from a Supreme Court ruling this week limiting the Voting Rights Act. Ivey, a Republican, on Friday said she was hopeful the state would “receive a favorable outcome” from the Supreme Court, which could weigh in on legal challenges to Alabama’s congressional map after the justices invalidated Louisiana’s map earlier this week. On Thursday, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry postponed his state’s May 16 primaries for the House in light of the decision. By convening a special session, Ivey said the state would be able to respond when a ruling comes in from challenges to her own state’s districts. “By calling the Legislature into a special session, I am ensuring Alabama is prepared should the courts act quickly enough to allow Alabama’s previously drawn congressional and state senate maps to be used during this election cycle,” she said in a statement. “If the court-ordered injunction is lifted, Alabama would revert to the maps drawn by the Legislature for congressional districts in 2023 and state senate districts in 2021.” The decision to call a special session is a
Alabama calls special legislative session aiming to redraw Congress maps
Updated May 1, 2026, 5:18 p.m. ETWASHINGTON – Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey reversed course May 1 and called for a special legislative session aiming to redraw congressional maps and increase fellow Republican representation in the U.S. House.Her decision came after a fellow Republican, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, halted primary voting in his state, to give the legislature time to redraw that state’s maps. President Donald Trump, who set off an avalanche of redistricting between 10-year censuses, said Tennessee's GOP Gov. Bill Lee also agreed to redraw his state’s maps.The activity follows a Supreme Court decision April 29 that made it harder to justify congressional districts aimed at having a majority of minority voters. Republicans praised the decision for making map-drawing color-blind but Democrats and civil rights groups said it would eviscerate the 1965 Voting Rights Act’s goal of ensuring minority representation in Congress.Alabama redistricting will depend on the courts acting quickly enough in challenges against the state's maps to redraw the lines in time for the midterm elections, Ivey said. The state's congressional maps approved in 2023 have been held up in court but the state would use them if the Supreme Court allows, she said."By calling the Legislature into
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