2026年5月8日 美国东部时间15:30 / 美联社
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阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利 美联社电——
阿拉巴马州议员周五批准一项法案，若法院允许该州在今年的选举中使用重新划分后的国会选区，该法案将启动新的美国国会众议院初选，目前法案已送交共和党州长凯·艾维。
此举出台同日，弗吉尼亚州最高法院推翻一项可能帮助民主党多拿下至多4个众议院席位的重划选区方案，给民主党带来重大打击。与此同时，路易斯安那州和南卡罗来纳州的共和党议员也提交了国会选区重划方案，遭到民权活动人士和民主党人的强烈反对。
南部各州共和党议员正迅速行动，试图利用美国最高法院近期在一起路易斯安那州案件中的裁决，该裁决大幅削弱了《选举权法案》对少数族裔的保护。田纳西州周四通过了新的国会选区划分方案，将孟菲斯市一个由民主党掌控的黑人选民占多数选区拆分。该州民主党周五提起诉讼，要求在今年选举前暂停使用新选区方案，理由是时间过于紧迫。
早在最高法院作出该项裁决之前，两党就已经展开了激烈的选区重划之争，双方都试图在即将到来的中期选举中占据优势，而这场选举将决定 narrowly divided（席位接近）的众议院控制权归属。弗吉尼亚州最高法院周五裁定民主党议员将一项选区重划修正案提交选民投票的行为违反了宪法要求，令这场争斗进一步向共和党倾斜。
自去年夏天唐纳德·特朗普总统敦促德克萨斯州重新划分国会选区以来，共和党人认为他们有望在多个州通过新选区多拿下至多14个席位，而民主党人则认为自己最多可多获得6个席位。但双方可能都无法完全如愿，因为在一些竞争激烈的选区，操纵选区划分可能会适得其反。
周五在阿拉巴马州议会大厦外的示威者高呼“为民主而战”和“打倒白人至上”。
“1965年我就在街头游行争取投票权，2026年的今天我们又回到了这里，做着同样的事，”贝蒂·怀特·博因顿说道。
在州议会大厦内的辩论中，黑人选区议员尖锐批评共和党提出的这项法案，该法案将无视部分国会席位的5月19日初选，并指示州长在法院允许的情况下，按照重新划分后的选区安排新的初选。
共和党州参议员格雷格·奥尔布赖顿表示，只有当法院同意解除一项将法院选定的选区方案保留至2030年人口普查后的禁令时，这场特别初选才会举行。
“如果没有法院命令，这项法案将不会产生任何效力，”奥尔布赖顿说道。
该项法院命令要求增设第二个黑人选民占多数或接近多数的选区，这使得2024年当选的民主党众议员肖马利·菲格雷斯——一名黑人选民——得以就职。如果法院解除禁令，共和党官员将希望推行2023年州议员绘制的选区方案——该方案已被联邦法院驳回——这一方案可能让他们夺回菲格雷斯占据的选区席位。
参议院少数党领袖鲍比·辛格尔顿是一名黑人民主党人，他表示共和党旨在剥夺黑人选民的代表权，以争取再选出一名共和党籍国会议员。
“我们从1965年才开始拥有投票权，而你们现在正试图夺走我们的声音，”辛格尔顿说道。
Alabama passes plan for new US House primary if courts allow state to redraw its maps
2026-05-08 15:30 PM ET / Associated Press
Demonstrators protest redistricting bills during a special session of the Alabama Legislature, in the Senate hallway of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, on May 6, 2026.
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Montgomery, AL AP—
Alabama lawmakers approved a plan Friday for new US House primaries if courts allow the state to use different congressional districts in this year’s elections, sending the legislation to Republican Gov. Kay Ivey.
The move came the same day that the Virginia Supreme Court dealt a major setback to Democrats by overturning a redistricting plan that could have helped them win as many as four additional House seats. Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers in Louisiana and South Carolina also presented congressional redistricting plans that faced staunch opposition from civil rights activists and Democrats.
Republicans in Southern states have been moving quickly to try to capitalize on a recent US Supreme Court ruling in a Louisiana case that significantly weakened Voting Rights Act protections for minorities. Tennessee enacted new congressional districts Thursday that carve up a Democratic-held, Black-majority district in Memphis. The state Democratic Party sued on Friday, seeking to prevent the districts from being used until after this year’s elections because of the tight time frame.
Even before the high court ruling, Republicans and Democrats already were engaged in a fierce redistricting battle, each seeking an edge in the midterm elections that will determine control of the closely divided House. That battle tilted further toward Republicans when the Virginia Supreme Court ruled Friday that Democratic lawmakers had violated constitutional requirements when placing a redistricting amendment on the ballot.
Since President Donald Trump prodded Texas to redraw its congressional districts last summer, Republicans think they could gain as many as 14 seats from new districts in several states while Democrats think they could gain up to six seats. But the parties may not get everything they sought, because the gerrymandering could backfire in some highly competitive districts.
Demonstrators outside the Alabama Statehouse on Friday shouted “fight for democracy” and “down with White supremacy.”
“I was out there in 1965 marching for the right to vote, and now we are back here in 2026 doing the same thing,” Betty White Boynton said.
During debate inside the statehouse, Black lawmakers sharply criticized Republican legislation that would ignore the May 19 primary for some congressional seats and direct the governor to schedule a new primary under revised districts, if a court allows it.
Republican state Sen. Greg Albritton said the special primary would happen only if the courts agree to lift an injunction that put a court-selected map in place until after the 2030 Census.
“Should there be no court order issued, then this bill would have no effect,” Albritton said.
The court order required a second district where Black voters are the majority or close to it, resulting in the 2024 election of Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures, who is Black. If a court lifts the injunction, Republican officials want to put in place a map lawmakers drew in 2023 — which was rejected by a federal court — that could allow them to reclaim Figures’ district.
Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton, a Black Democrat, said Republicans are aiming to strip representation from Black voters in an effort to get another Republican to Congress.
“We have just only been voting since 1965, and you are now trying to take that voice away from us,” Singleton said.
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