Alabama governor sets dates for special election in state House District 16 | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday set special election dates for an Alabama House seat that was vacated last month after state Rep. Kyle South resigned. South resigned June 30 to serve as president and chief executive officer of the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama. Ivey said the primary special election […]
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The fight over Alabama’s congressional redistricting now shifts back to federal court | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Standing at an Alabama Statehouse microphone before lawmakers voted on new congressional districts, state Rep. Chris England said that change in the Deep South state has often happened only through federal court order. The Democratic lawmaker accused Republicans of repeating history and flouting a judicial mandate to create a second majority-Black […]
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Plaintiffs in voting rights case urge judges to toss Alabama’s new congressional map | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Voting rights activists are returning to court to fight Alabama’s redrawn congressional districts, saying state Republicans failed to follow federal court orders to create a district that is fair to Black voters. Plaintiffs in the high-profile redistricting case filed a written objection Friday to oppose Alabama’s new redistricting plan. They accused […]
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Black lawmakers say Alabama GOP’s proposed new congressional map insults the Supreme Court | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Republicans advanced new congressional lines Wednesday, a proposed map that Black lawmakers called an insult after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the legislature to redraw districts to give Black voters a greater voice in elections. The House of Representatives voted 74-27 to approve the GOP plan, which does not establish […]
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New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections | #elections | #alabama
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The 2022 elections marked the first using new voting districts drawn from updated census data. Those districts typically last for a decade, but they could be short-lived in some states. Court challenges could force lawmakers or special commissions to draw yet another set of maps before the 2024 elections for representatives in Congress and state […]
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Alabama lawmakers to convene to redraw maps US high court declared unfair to Black voters | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s governor on Tuesday set a special legislative session to redraw congressional district maps that the U.S. Supreme Court declared unfair to Black voters. Gov. Kay Ivey set the July 17 session for the Republican-controlled Alabama Legislature after the high court upheld a three-judge panel’s ruling that the state illegally diluted […]
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Bryan Taylor, governor’s ex-chief legal adviser, to run for Alabama Supreme Court chief justice | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republican Bryan Taylor, a former state senator and former chief legal adviser to Gov. Kay Ivey, announced Wednesday that he is running for chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. The election for chief justice will be held next year. Chief Justice Tom Parker cannot run again because Alabama law prohibits […]
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Alabama bill would make it a crime to help people vote absentee | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill that would make it a crime to help a non-family member request, fill out or return an absentee ballot. The Senate Governmental Affairs committee voted 5-2 — in a vote that fell along party lines — to advance the House-passed bill to the full […]
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Lawmakers advance bill that could lead to new Statehouse | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that could lead to the construction of a new Statehouse, although there is not a price tag yet for the proposal. The House of Representatives voted 88-9 to approve legislation that would give the Legislative Council, a 20-member panel that consists of legislative leaders, key […]
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Election skeptics slow to get sweeping changes in GOP states | #elections | #alabama
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republicans in some heavily conservative states won their campaigns for secretary of state last year after claiming they would make sweeping changes aimed at keeping fraud out of elections. So far, their efforts to make good on their promises are mixed, in some cases because their rhetoric has bumped up against skepticism […]
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