MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said Friday that she will not call a special session to draw new Alabama Senate districts after a federal judge ruled the current map violates the Voting Rights Act.

Ivey said the state faces uncertainty on how to comply with both the Voting Rights Act rulings and the U.S. Constitution’s provisions against racial discrimination. The governor said she could not “justify the time and expense" of calling a special session.

The decision means the federal court will take over the process of drawing a new map unless the state can get the redistricting order overturned or put on hold.

“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

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