NAACP Legal Defense Fund

The groups say they would like to find a remedy before the 2022 elections, but that the litigation might take more time.

The groups criticized the maps for diluting Black voting power and for lacking transparency.

Gov. Kay Ivey announced last week that state lawmakers will gather in a special session to begin Oct. 28 to address redistricting. 

Multiple social justice and voting rights advocacy groups are planning a two-part public forum.

The organization likened a recent slur by a Tarrant city councilman to incidents targeting members of Congress and lawmakers in other states.

If the ruling tossing out the witness requirement is later overturned by a higher court after they already sent in their ballot, the reader asked, would their ballot still be counted?

Alabama Democratic Party chairman, State Rep. Chris England, D-Tuscaloosa, commended Secretary of State John Merrill for expanding absentee voting opportunities ahead of August municipal elections and the Nov. 3 general election. Merrill used his emergency powers to expand absentee voting opportunities by allowing individuals to use a health excuse based on the COVID-19 pandemic for … Continued