Montgomery state Senate district would be redrawn under two court proposals

A court-appointed special master Friday submitted two proposed maps redrawing an Alabama Senate district in the Montgomery area as part of an ongoing lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in state legislative districts.

In August, U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco ruled that the current map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits voting laws or procedures that purposefully discriminate on the basis of race, color or membership in a language minority group. Manasco ordered new district lines to be drawn in Senate Districts 25 and 26, represented by Sens. Will Barfoot, R-Pike Road, and Kirk Hatcher, D-Montgomery, respectively.

After multiple check-ins with Manasco and lawyers with both sides, Gov. Kay Ivey said last month she would not call a special session to redraw the map, citing a similar case in the U.S. Supreme Court, Callais v. Louisiana.

Manasco then appointed the same team that redrew the state’s congressional districts in 2023 to remedy the state Senate issue. Richard Allen, the Special Master, recommended two maps to remedy the VRA violation.





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