The lawmakers who will draw Alabama’s new congressional district map will hold their first meeting and public hearing on Tuesday.

The reapportionment committee will meet at 1:30 p.m. at the State House in Montgomery. All the committee’s meetings will be livestreamed here. On the select location tab, select Room 200.

The deadline to submit proposed maps to the committee is July 7 at 5 p.m. The committee has scheduled another meeting for July 13 at 1:30.

A three-judge federal district court issued an order Tuesday giving the Legislature until July 21 to create a new congressional map. That was the date requested by attorneys representing the state. Attorneys representing the Black voters and the organizations who sued to challenge the map agreed with the date. The new map will be used in Alabama’s 2024 congressional elections.

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