Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has called state lawmakers into a special session to consider a new congressional map following the Supreme Court’s ruling to strike down a provision of the Voting Rights Act that required majority-minority House districts. “Regarding our own pending redistricting litigation, I remain hopeful Alabama will receive a favorable outcome from the U.S. Supreme Court, which is why I am now calling a special session of the Alabama Legislature,” Ivey said. Regarding our own pending redistricting litigation, I remain hopeful Alabama will receive a favorable outcome from the U.S. Supreme Court, which is why I am now calling a special session of the Alabama Legislature. #alpolitics pic.twitter.com/yQY6qdQjSq — Governor Kay Ivey (@GovernorKayIvey) May 1, 2026   More from The New York Times: Ms. Ivey’s call for a special session may not affect the 2026 midterm elections, but it was the first step taken by a state not directly affected by this week’s Supreme Court decision that further eroded the law. That decision rejected Louisiana’s congressional map as an illegal racial gerrymander. Alabama has longstanding court battles over its congressional map and whether Black voters have had their power undermined. On Thursday, Ms. Ivey had said adopting a new map was impossible before November, because a federal court order bars the state from using new district lines until after the 2030 census. Later that day, Alabama’s attorney general, Steve Marshall, asked the Supreme Court to let lawmakers revisit the map. Mr. Marshall filed motions in three redistricting cases pending before the court, asking the justices to lift lower court orders preventing that. In her statement, Ms. Ivey said she wants legislators to be in position to move quickly. She suggested that if the Supreme Court allowed, the state would return to a congressional map previously approved in 2023 and a state senate map approved in 2021. Alabama is scheduled to hold congressional primaries on May 19, using a court-ordered map that includes two majority-Black districts currently represented by Democrats. However, the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Louisiana case could enable Alabama to use the previous map with just one majority-Black district. The Alabama House and Senate will convene on May 4, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. BREAKING: @GovernorKayIvey calling for a special session of the Alabama Legislature following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Landmark Decision in Callais v. Louisiana. The Alabama House and Senate will convene on May 4, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. #alpolitics — 1819 News (@1819News) May 1, 2026 “As the appellant in Alabama’s redistricting case, I have taken the legal measures necessary, in cooperation with Alabama’s Attorney General Steve Marshall to ask the US Supreme Court to take quick and decisive action which will allow Alabama to pursue congressional maps that reflect the will of the people,” Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen said. “It is my hope that our right as Alabamians to draw districts will be swiftly restored and that the days of court appointed mapmakers will be behind us,” he added. ANOTHER Red State Moves To Redraw Congressional Map After Supreme Court Ruling NBC News shared further: Elsewhere, Republicans have urged other Southern governors to delay primaries and redraw their maps, too. Louisiana acted first, with GOP Gov. Jeff Landry ordering his state’s ongoing primary to stop for a map redraw. Voting rights groups sued on Friday to have the previously scheduled primary go ahead. And South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, suggested Friday afternoon that his state might be next. “The U.S. Supreme Court upheld South Carolina’s current congressional map in 2024. In light of the Court’s most recent decision on the Voting Rights Act, it would be appropriate for the General Assembly to ensure that South Carolina’s congressional map still complies with all requirements of federal law and the U.S. Constitution,” he said in a statement. The South Carolina legislature is currently in session and the state's primary is scheduled for June 9. But Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, another Republican, said Friday that he doesn’t plan to delay Georgia’s primary this month to redraw his state’s political maps for this year’s elections.