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Judge rejects challenge to block new GOP-favored House map in Tennessee
The panel said the 2023 plan diluted Black voting power and ordered Alabama to keep using the court-selected map for the 2026 elections.
- On Tuesday, a three-judge federal panel blocked Alabama from using its 2023 Republican-backed congressional map for the 2026 elections, ruling the plan "intentionally discriminated based on race" by including only one Black-majority district instead of two.
- An April 29 Supreme Court ruling in a Louisiana redistricting case limited how Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act can be applied, prompting Alabama to seek reconsideration of its 2023 map after judges had previously found it intentionally diluted Black voting power in a state about 27% Black.
- The panel ordered Alabama to continue using the court-selected Special Master map from 2024, which preserves two districts where Black residents comprise a majority or close to it, preventing what judges called "an expensive, aggressive, and perhaps logistically impossible voter reassignment effort."
- Alabama is likely to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, while Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, has already set August 11 special primaries using the contested 2023 map, creating confusion that Montgomery County Probate Judge J.C. Love said officials have struggled to manage.
- The ruling represents a setback for Republicans seeking to reclaim the House seat held by Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures through redistricting, part of President Donald Trump's broader effort to maintain Republicans' slim House majority as GOP efforts face legal obstacles.
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