A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Alabama’s largest county to redraw county commission lines after ruling that the districts were unconstitutional because of racial gerrymandering. U.S. District Judge Madeline H.

The law targeted absentee ballot fraud, but critics say it clashes with the Voting Rights Act’s protections for elderly and disabled voters.

Republicans hold 71 of the 105 seats in the Alabama House of Representatives, and almost all of those lawmakers are hoping voters will send them back to Montgomery for another term. More than 60 have reported raising campaign funds since the fundraising period started for the 2026 election.

A Decatur resident filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming that ballots used in last month's municipal elections were missing candidate names.