Day two of Alabama’s special session saw both bills-of-focus pass out of their initial committees.
) - Day two of Alabama ’s special session saw both bills-of-focus pass out of their initial committees. Gov. Kay Ivey called the special session Friday for lawmakers to set special primary elections for districts whose boundaries were changed in court-drawn maps .
Alabama special session kicks off as state leaders await redistricting court decisions U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell made her way to Montgomery to speak out against a potential change in Alabama’s congressional map.
“Our democracy is a democracy because everyone should have a seat at the table, or an opportunity to have a seat at the table, and that’s what we’re asking for,” she said. The special session’s HB1 would call for a special election in U.S. House districts 1, 2, 6 and 7.
“There comes a time in life when you have to stand up and say ‘this is wrong’,” he said before the House Ways and Means General Fund committee passed the bill. “There’s no need in us going through this and pretending like all is well. All is not well. ” House Pro-Tem Chris Pringle , the bill’s sponsor, defended the legislation when questioned about the bill.
“This is pending before the court and I don’t want to answer that question because the court’s going to determine that,” he said during the committee. “I clearly said if the court changes and lifts the injunction against us, this provides the venue for a special election. ” Protestors made their voices heard outside of the state house throughout the morning, including many members of Alabama’s state democratic delegation and members of the public.
House Bill 1 would authorize for a new primary election to be held in affected congressional district if: A federal court lifts the injunction on a 2023 legislature-approved map for Alabama’s seven U.S. Congressional Districts The court ruling is made ‘too late to be accommodated during the normal 2026 primary election schedule’SB1 would also call for special primary elections, but this time, refers to Senate Districts 25 and 26, which are both located in the Montgomery metro area.
“If the federal courts issue an order to vacate an injunction allowing the legislature to use maps that we previously enacted for our own senate districts,” said Sen. Chris Elliott , the bill’s sponsor. The special session started less than a week after the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, struck down Louisiana’s second majority-Black congressional district, ruling that race can ‘almost never’ be used to draw election maps. The Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v.
Callais went against a previous Supreme Court decision in Alabama’s Milligan v. Allen case, which said race could be used.
However, changes to the maps will only happen if federal courts side with state leaders who are looking to drop restrictions on the state. A federal court lifts the injunction on a 2021 legislature-approved map for Alabama’s state senate seats The court ruling is made ‘too late to be accommodated during the normal 2026 primary election schedule’Tuesday afternoon, Attorney General Steve Marshall filed an emergency motion with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama asking the federal court to lift the injunction preserving Alabama’s court-drawn U.S. Congressional map.
On Monday, Attorney General Steve Marshall filed an emergency motion with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to lift the injunction currently blocking Alabama from using its 2021 state Senate District map.
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