After Alabama finished redrawing its congressional map last week, the plan is heading back to court, where advocates say the Legislature ignored a mandate to expand Black voting power.
While Alabama’s case has a way to go — a three-judge panel that ordered new maps in early 2022 will hold another hearing next month — it’s one of the furthest along in a series of courtroom redistricting battles playing out in about a dozen states.
Some new maps could be drawn in time to change the electoral landscape in 2024, when Democrats need a net gain of just five seats to take control of the House.
