Alabama Asks Supreme Court to Clear the Way for New Congressional Map

Alabama asked the U.S. Supreme Court on May 8 to clear the way for the state to redraw its congressional election map to comply with the court’s landmark ruling limiting the use of race in redistricting. The request came the same day as Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, signed legislation authorizing a new primary election in anticipation of a favorable court ruling in the state’s ongoing redistricting litigation. The May 19 primary will still take place, Ivey said in a statement, but if the injunctions are lifted in Alabama’s redistricting case, she may call for a special election for certain state senate and congressional districts where boundary lines would change as a result of a reversion to older district maps....