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Alabama Governor Announces Special Elections for 4 Districts After Supreme Court Decision

| May 13, 2026 |Updated 1h ago |~1 min read |national |Source: www.theepochtimes.com
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on May 12 announced special primary elections for four House districts, one day after the Supreme Court allowed the state to use its legislature-drawn congressional map for the midterms. After the Supreme Court’s landmark Voting Rights Act ruling last month, Alabama asked the high court to allow it to use a congressional map drawn by the state legislature in 2023. The map was previously rejected for violating the Voting Rights Act, as it would redraw the state to have one majority-black district rather than two. The Supreme Court gave Alabama the go-ahead on Monday, vacating the lower court rulings that would have required Alabama to keep using its existing map with the two majority-black districts....

Originally published at www.theepochtimes.com
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