MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal judges that ordered Alabama to draw new congressional lines said the state should have a second district where Black voters are the majority “or something quite close to it” and have an opportunity to elect a ...

A federal judge ordered Tuesday for Alabama to use a new state senate map, which changes the borders of two districts in and around the capital city in an effort to give greater representation to Black voters in Montgomery.

A line of people wait outside the federal courthouse in Birmingham, Ala., on Aug. 14 for a hearing to consider new congressional districts. Federal judges had ruled that the state’s 2022 district map diluted Black voters’ power. Photo by Kim Chandler ...

A fight over congressional representation in Alabama is headed for another federal court showdown after the state’s Republican-controlled legislature approved new district lines that critics say openly defy a US Supreme Court mandate to give Black voters ...

Alabama is ground zero for what could be this year's highest-profile legal fight over voting rights and representation. Just over 25% of Alabama's active registered voters are Black, as is 27% of Alabama's population. But Alabama will only have one ...

The state of Alabama is taking an unusual legal position as it heads into a closely watched court hearing this week about its congressional voting districts. In June, Alabama lost at the U.S. Supreme Court. A majority of justices upheld a lower court's ...