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The new map, set to take effect for the 2024 U.S. House elections, significantly alters the 7th and 2nd districts to have slim Black majority or plurality voting-age populations and span across the eastern portion of Alabama's Black Belt, with the 2nd district set to include portions of the cities of Phenix City, Montgomery and Mobile.
English: Map of the congressional districts of Alabama, complemented with county boundaries, as well as major roads, water areas, urban areas, and parks in Alabama, with neighbouring states coloured in gray. These congressional districts are put into effect from 2023, following the 2022 US House elections, until 2025.
The new congressional map was signed into law by Governor Kay Ivey the same day. [15] In the legislature's map, the Black voting age population in Alabama's 7th congressional district was reduced from 55.6% to 50.6%, while Alabama's 2nd congressional district's Black voting age population was increased to 39.9%. [16]
The Supreme Court decision sets up Alabama’s first significant revamp of its congressional districts since 1992, when Alabama was ordered by the courts to create its first majority-Black district.
The fight over whether Alabama's congressional map complies with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 now shifts back to federal court as state Republicans submit their new plan to the same three-judge ...
A federal court Tuesday vowed to draw a new Alabama congressional map including a second Black-majority district after the Republican-dominated state refused to obey its previous order to rectify ...
English: Map of the congressional districts of Alabama, complemented with county boundaries, as well as major roads, water areas, urban areas, and parks in Alabama, with neighbouring states coloured in gray. These congressional districts are put into effect from 2025, following the 2024 US House elections.
An independent court-appointed expert will now draw Alabama’s congressional map for the 2024 election. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...