Alabama asks Supreme Court to approve its racially gerrymandered maps
Alabama is asking the Supreme Court to let it use racially gerrymandered maps that courts have found were drawn with intentional racial discrimination.
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Court blocks Alabama racial gerrymander from being used in 2026 elections
A federal district court Tuesday blocked Alabama from using its 2023 congressional map in this year’s midterm elections, after plaintiffs in a long-running legal challenge asked the court for an emergency order halting the last-minute gerrymander.
CBC blocks SCORE Act vote on college athlete pay in response to GOP’s southern redistricting wave
The CBC’s Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Ala.) has pulled support of the SCORE Act, which he helped draft, due to the GOP’s redistricting war impacts on his state.
Alabama voters navigate primary election confusion after 11th-hour gerrymander
As Alabama voters head to the polls Tuesday to choose primary nominees for the 2026 midterm elections, confusion reigns.
This week at Democracy Docket: The GOP’s rush to kill off Black political power continues — but there’s also reason for hope
At Democracy Docket, we’re proud of the enterprise journalism we publish. But some weeks, our focus is simply on keeping our readers up to date with what’s happening.
Supreme Court greenlights 11th-hour Alabama redistricting plan for 2026 election
The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has allowed Alabama to select a different map for this year’s congressional elections in a stunning, last-minute move to interfere with another state primary election that has already begun.
‘We shall overcome (again)’: In powerful statehouse protests, Black voters and leaders decry GOP’s Southern gerrymanders
As legislatures rammed through unfair redraws, Black elected leaders and voters tried to show the world how Republicans are rolling back their civil rights.
‘Power grab to erase Black voices’: Southern voting groups vow to fight GOP’s gerrymanders
Voting rights organizations across the South Friday pledged to oppose the GOP’s efforts to rig congressional maps in its favor after the Supreme Court gutted a key part of the Voting Rights Act last week.
Alabama passes 11th-hour congressional gerrymander, despite active election
The Alabama Senate gave final approval Friday to a congressional gerrymandering plan designed to strip Black voters of political representation and upend an active primary election — even though voters have already begun casting absentee ballots.
Alabama races toward final votes to gerrymander elections already underway
If allowed by federal courts to go into effect, the maps would immediately strip Black voters in the state of political representation in the wake of last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act.