Allen v. Milligan · ¶48

It now appears that county officials have just hours left, if that. Because the District Court's injunction remained in place while these applications were pending, it is unclear if county officials began reassigning voters or if they were awaiting a decision from this Court. Indeed, Alabama, while conceding “it is true that time is tight,” suggested that voter reassignment has not yet begun. Reply 5; see ibid. (noting that reassignment “was set to begin on May 27”). If in fact reassignment has not begun, then elections officials may have only a few hours to make all the needed changes. The Court nonetheless stays the District Court's injunction and orders the 2023 Redistricting Plan into place, even though it knows full well that “it will take a chaotic, decentralized, and Herculean effort” to make all the necessary changes. 833 F. Supp. 3d, at 1238.

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