Source: SFGate
“Federal judges on Tuesday blocked Alabama’s plan to use a congressional map that could give Republicans an advantage in a key U.S. House race in the midterm elections. A three-judge panel in the state’s long-running redistricting case issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the state from switching maps, ruling that the Republican-backed plan ‘intentionally discriminated based on race’ by including only one [b]lack-majority district. The judges instead required Alabama to continue using a court-ordered map in place for the 2024 elections that includes two districts where [b]lack residents compose a majority or close to it. ‘Ultimately, we cannot see our way clear to requiring Alabamians to cast their votes in the 2026 elections under a districting plan tainted by intentional race-based discrimination,’ the judges wrote.” (05/26/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/federal-court-blocks-alabama-plan-for-new-22276610.php