ELECTION OFFICIALS AND EXPERTS WARN SUPREME COURT THAT ALABAMA’S EMERGENCY MAP CHANGE WOULD CREATE A ‘LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE’

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ELECTION OFFICIALS AND EXPERTS WARN SUPREME COURT THAT ALABAMA’S EMERGENCY MAP CHANGE WOULD CREATE A ‘LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE’

Press Release | June 1, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C.—A bipartisan coalition of current and former election officials and experts filed an amicus brief today urging the Supreme Court to deny Alabama’s request to upend the current election by allowing them to change congressional maps. The coalition warns that Alabama election officials would face unprecedented and extraordinary challenges in administering the election if forced to implement a different map. Such a move will almost certainly lead to widespread confusion, substantial mistakes in voter reassignments and votes of eligible voters not being counted.

Title page of a U.S. Supreme Court brief, listing Wes Allen et al. as applicants and Evan Milligan et al. as respondents, regarding an election case from Alabama.

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