Read the Judge’s Ruling Striking Down Alabama’s New House Map

Case 2:21-cv-01530-AMM Document 537 Filed 05/26/26

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Representative Pringle introduced House Bill 1 during the 2026 Special Session to provide for special primaries. It became law on May 8, 2026. It provides that (1) “the state shall hold a new special primary election” if “a federal court, by issuing a judgment or by vacating an injunction, permits the reinstatement of the last legislatively enacted Congressional districts,” and (2) any certified results from the May 19, 2026 congressional primary would become “void for purposes of determining the party nominee once a new special primary election is required.” Ala. Code § 17-13-3.1(b), (d). It does not require the use of a particular districting plan.
On May 11, 2026, the Supreme Court summarily vacated our permanent injunction and remanded these cases. All Plaintiffs sought a temporary restraining order, and Governor Ivey called special primary elections to occur on August 11, 2026, for congressional Districts 1, 2, 6, and 7. Milligan Doc. 529-1. She required candidates to qualify between May 20 and May 22, 2026, and parties to certify candidates by May 26, 2026. Id. at 1. The special primaries affect forty of Alabama’s sixty-seven counties.8

8 Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jefferson, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo,

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