Federal judge approves new Alabama Senate map redrawing Montgomery districts

A federal judge Monday ordered the implementation of a remedial map for two Montgomery-area state Senate districts.

U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco, a Trump appointee, ordered the implementation of Remedial Plan 3, which Secretary of State Wes Allen, the defendant in the case, said was the “least bad of several bad options” in October to allow Black voters an opportunity to pick their preferred leaders in Senate Districts 25 and 26. The plaintiffs in the case said that the map was the “weakest remedy” to Manasco’s August ruling.

“Ultimately, the record makes clear that Remedial Plan 3 unpacks District 26 by reassigning some Black voters to District 25 such that both districts are Black opportunity districts,” Manasco wrote. “The court thus finds that Remedial Plan 3 completely remedies the unlawful vote dilution the court found in the Enacted Plan.”

Monday was the recommended deadline by Secretary Allen for a map to be implemented to be used for the 2026 midterm elections.




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