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Jan. 6—The Huntsville City Council saw a first glimpse of redistricting plans for the city's four wards during Tuesday's meeting. The city is required to undergo redistricting following the ...
All redistricting plans in recent history have been court-ordered due to a failure on the part of the legislature to enact their own plans. The redistricting plan adopted after the 1990 census was first proposed by Republicans and ordered into effect by the federal courts. That plan moved black residents out of the 2nd and 6th districts, which ...
A redistricting bill was passed by the Alabama House of Representatives and Senate on June 2, 2011, [2] and signed into law by Governor Robert Bentley on June 8. [3] To comply with the 1965 Voting Rights Act , the map received approval from the U.S. Department of Justice or a federal court before it could be enacted; [ 4 ] the Department of ...
Redistricting in Alabama is the process by which boundaries are redrawn for federal congressional and state legislative districts. It has historically been highly controversial. It has historically been highly controversial.
While congressional redistricting typically only happens every 10 years, coinciding with the U.S. Census, several states have nevertheless changed their congressional maps since 2022, due to court ...
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Allen v. Milligan, 599 U. S. 1 (2023), [note 1] is a United States Supreme Court case related to redistricting under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). The appellees and respondents argued that Alabama's congressional districts discriminated against African-American voters.
The 5th district is based in northern Alabama, including the city of Huntsville, as well as Athens, Decatur, Madison, and Scottsboro, as well as half of Lauderdale County. [161] The incumbent is first-term Republican Dale Strong, who was elected with 67.2% of the vote in 2022. [37] No Democratic candidates qualified to run in this district.