Here are some updates from today.

• With today’s deadline, the Alabama Legislature passed a new congressional map, sending it to Gov. Kay Ivey (R) for her signature. The plan has a Black voting-age population share of 50.65% in the 7th Congressional District and 39.9% in the 2nd Congressional District, meaning the map has just one majority-Black district, but a federal district court ordered two. Check out the newly passed map here:

• Pennsylvania Republicans appealed a lower court’s decision upholding Act 77, the state's election reform law passed by the Republican-controlled General Assembly in 2019. Among its many provisions, Act 77 enables no-excuse mail-in voting in Pennsylvania.

• There was a hearing in a lawsuit challenging Idaho's new law that eliminates student IDs as an acceptable form of identification to vote. Voting groups argue that the law violates the state constitution and ask a court to block its enforcement.

A new episode of Defending Democracy dropped today — the last episode of the season! We discussed the recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings in the face of falling confidence in and support for the nation’s highest court. We’ll be back in September!