Alabama special session to redraw congressional map violating Voting Rights Act
- Governor Kay Ivey called Alabama legislature into special session to redraw congressional district map
- Current map likely violates Civil Rights Act by discriminating against Black voters according to Supreme Court ruling
- State must create second majority-Black district to properly represent population
- Special session will only address new maps, must pass by July 21 deadline
- Plaintiffs proposed new maps creating second majority-Black district along southern coast