Protesters packed the controlled space outside the state Senate chamber in the Alabama State House on Wednesday afternoon to express their opposition to legislation that Republicans intend to help them reclaim a congressional seat they lost two years ago.

Activists across Alabama rallied at the State House, demanding fair congressional maps as a special session threatens to turn the state's delegation all red.

Alabama lawmakers convened Monday for a special legislative session called by Kay Ivey to take up congressional and state redistricting, an issue tied to ongoin

A crowd gathered outside the Alabama State House about two hours before lawmakers began a special session that could affect this year’s congressional races. Gov. Kay Ivey called the special session so that the Republican-led Legislature could pass a bill to allow a special primary in case the U.