The State of Alabama plans to appeal a federal judge’s order to swiftly draw new state Senate districts for next year’s legislative elections, an attorney and court filings indicated today.

The state will seek to stay the court’s order to get a new map in place this fall, Deputy Attorney General James Davis told U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco during a brief status conference. A related court filing indicated the state plans to appeal.

Manasco last week ruled Alabama violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the influence of Black voters around Montgomery and blocked the state from using the current map in the 2026 elections. She said a new map must be put in place that creates another district in Montgomery where Black voters “comprise a voting-age majority or something quite close t

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