Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Friday she will not call a special legislative session to redraw the state Senate district map after a federal judge ruled the Montgomery part of the current map violated the Voting Rights Act.

U.S. District Judge Anna M. Manasco, a President Trump appointee, ruled in August that the map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because Black voters in Montgomery have less opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice than other voters.

Manasco wrote that the map should be changed to add a second district in Montgomery that is majority Black or close to majority Black.

In her ruling, the judge said the Legislature would have the first opportunity to change the map.

In a press release Friday, Ivey said states face uncertainty over how to follow Voting Ri

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