Alabama Republicans petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to approve a congressional election map previously rejected for racial discrimination. The state’s Republican leadership requested a ruling by Monday so the map could be used for the 2026 midterm elections. In 2023, the Supreme Court declined to reverse a lower-court decision finding the map violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Voting Rights Act restricts lawmakers from limiting representation based on race or minority status, limiting partisan gerrymandering. A 2023 three-judge panel found Alabama Republicans intentionally reduced Black voters’ political strength and required two Black-majority districts. Alabama Republicans argued that an April Supreme Court decision made the earlier ruling invalid and sought restoration of the rejected map, consolidating most Black voters into one district.
"It instead pushed for the map that was rejected in 2023 to be restored, consolidating most of the state's Black voters into a single district. In their request to the Su"
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