Governor Kay Ivey announced on Friday afternoon she will not call a special legislative session — at least for now — to redraw Alabama’s 2021 State Senate map after a federal court ruled last month that the Montgomery-area districts violate the Voting Rights Act.

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to revisit the intersection of the VRA and equal protection in Louisiana v. Callais, likely in October, Governor Ivey said the current legal uncertainty leaves states like Alabama in a “no-win situation.”

“As the law currently stands, states like Alabama are put to the virtually impossible task of protecting some voters based on race without discriminating against any other voters based on race,” Governor Ivey said.

“I remain hopeful that we will somehow find the ‘magic map’ that will both sat

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