The Alabama Senate gave final approval Friday to a congressional gerrymandering plan designed to strip Black voters of political representation and upend an active primary election — even though voters have already begun casting absentee ballots.

The bill now heads to Gov. Kay Ivey (R), who is expected to sign it.

The measure won’t immediately go into effect. Alabama is currently bound by a legal agreement to use its court-ordered congressional map until 2030, and it can only implement the redistricting legislation if federal courts lift the injunction.

During the session, state Sen. Rodger Smitherman (D) condemned his Republican colleagues for ramming through the bill. He said they were playing with Black people’s lives for the sake of politics.