The new district map is a remedy to Alabama’s illegal dilution of Black voting power, and may lead to the election of two Black representatives for the first time in the state’s history.

Back to the cartography board . The legal tug-of-war over Alabama's congressional map started shortly after the state redrew its districts in 2021.

Plaintiffs said Alabama’s actions and the defiance of the court order mirror the state’s actions in the 1960s.

A line of people wait outside the federal courthouse in Birmingham, Ala., on Aug. 14 for a hearing to consider new congressional districts. Federal judges had ruled that the state’s 2022 ...

Alabama's congressional district map that was used for the 2022 elections, left, was found by the U.S. Supreme Court to likely violate the Voting Rights Act by diluting the influence of Black voters.

But when Alabama produced its new map in July, it came under immediate legal challenge because the state, once again, declined to create a second majority-Black district. State legislators instead ...

Alabama is once again appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower court order that struck down the state's congressional map for likely violating the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters' power.

Alabama will have to draft new congressional lines after federal judges struck down a proposal Tuesday from state lawmakers as it did not include a second Black-majority district, as the court ...

Alabama GOP Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday approved a new congressional map with just one majority-Black district, ... The Alabama State Capitol stands in Montgomery, Alabama, July 20, 2020.

The new map will give the state a second opportunity district for Black voters, with all considered proposals giving it a Black voting-age population of at least 48.5%.

Federal judges will weigh a request to bring Alabama back under the pre-clearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act after ...