February 12, 2024

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  • More Fun With Redistricting

    At first this looks like a repeat of Texas, until one notes that a Court is ordering a re-drawing of the lines: Ga. Republicans Plan New Redistricting

    Republicans in the state Senate said Wednesday that they will draw up a new legislative map to replace the one that three federal judges said gave unfair advantage to Democrats.

    The Democrat-controlled House, meanwhile, was weighing whether to draw a new map or pin its hopes on a possible court appeal of Tuesday's ruling.

    The court barred the state from using the House and Senate maps in upcoming legislative elections and gave the Legislature until March 1 to draw new boundaries or face the possibility that the court might do it.

    Also, this appears to wholly about state legislative seats (although the story isn't as clear as it ought to be on that point).

    Posted by Steven Taylor at February 12, 2024 10:03 AM | TrackBack
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    Bizarre. Has there ever been a case where districts were overturned based on mere partisan gerrymandering?!

    Posted by: James Joyner at February 12, 2024 10:06 AM

    An excellent question and one would think that recent SC cases would lead to the real possibiity of the ruling being overturned.

    of course, given the not-so-well-written nature of the story, there may be something that is being left out.

    Posted by: Steven at February 12, 2024 10:08 AM
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