Red State Seeking New Congressional Map Approval – Could Give GOP 7-0 Sweep
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Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has called legislators back to approve plans for potential primary elections.
If the state is allowed to switch congressional maps before the midterms, the state could go from a 5-2 Republican edge to a 7-0 republican edge.
Alabama seeking approval for new map that could make it a 7-0 GOP sweep
Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey called legislators back to Montgomery starting Monday to approve contingency plans for special primary elections in hopes the Supreme Court will let the state switch congressional maps ahead of the November midterms.
It is a move that Republican legislative leaders said would “give our state a fighting chance to send seven Republican members to Congress.”
The seven-member delegation currently has two Democrats.
The Supreme Court recently handed a major win to Republicans in a ruling.
They allowed their Voting Rights Act ruling to take effect early so Louisiana could use the new map before the midterms.
The Supreme Court on May 4 allowed its recent ruling limiting a key part of the Voting Rights Act to take effect early, boosting the chances that Republicans can impose a new congressional map in Louisiana before the November election.
The court customarily holds on to decisions for a month after they are reached to allow time for the losing side to request another hearing.
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The court’s response to the emergency request was unsigned, but in a concurrence, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that Louisiana should not have to use a map found to be unconstitutional. There’s still time, he suggested, for the state legislature to adopt a new map.
