Plaintiffs in the lawsuits over Alabama’s congressional districts have submitted a dozen proposed plans for the Legislature to consider as it prepares to draw a new map.

The maps are posted on the Legislature’s website and have tables showing the population breakdown by race for each of the seven districts.

The Supreme Court ruled June 8 that the current map likely violates the Voting Rights Act. A three-judge federal court has given the Legislature until July 21 to approve a new map to be used in the 2024 elections.

Under Alabama’s current map, one of the seven districts is majority Black, District 7. The state has had a similar map since 1992. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, who represents District 7, is the only Democrat and only Black member of the state’s congressional delegation. Blacks make up about 27% of the state population.

To fix the Voting Rights Act violation, the courts said the state needs a second district that is majority Black or close enough to that for Black voters to have a chance to elect a representative of their choice. The courts found that Alabama’s Black population is large enough and geographically compact enough for a second majority Black or near majority Black district.

All 12 of the proposed plaintiffs’ maps show District 2 as the second majority Black district. District 2 and District 7 have slightly more than 50% Black population under all 12 proposals.

Under the current map, the population of District 2 is 30% Black. Rep. Barry Moore, R-Enterprise, represents District 2, which extends from the Montgomery area down to the southeast corner of the state.

The Legislature’s reapportionment committee will hold a public hearing on the proposed maps Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Alabama State House. All the committee’s meetings will be livestreamed here. On the select location tab, select Room 200.

The reapportionment committee, with a majority of its members Republicans, is expected to introduce its own proposed map before the special session, which can start no later than July 17 to meet the court’s deadline.

If the Legislature fails to approve a plan by July 21, the three-judge court will draw the map. The court has a cartographer and a special master ready to do that.

If the Legislature approves the plan, the plaintiffs in the litigation have until July 28 to file any objections. The court would hold a hearing on that beginning on Aug. 14 at the federal courthouse on Birmingham

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