An Alabama official asked the Supreme Court on Monday to halt a lower court’s order for a special master to draw a new congressional map before the 2024 election.
The application, from Secretary of State Wes Allen, comes just three months after the justices ruled the state’s first map likely violated the Voting Rights Act because it only has a single district where Black voters would have the opportunity to elect candidates of their choice.
Since then, a three-judge panel struck down revised district lines drawn by state lawmakers and ordered a special master to draw proposed maps with a second majority-minority district in the state. Allen’s application argues that the justices should step in and pause that order because it would go against other redistricting concerns.
