South Carolina, congress and redistricting debate
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Despite a previous failed attempt, South Carolina lawmakers were called back to Columbia on Friday to vote on a new congressional map. Governor Henry McMaster called a special session after the GOP was unable to secure enough votes in the Senate on Thursday.
The Supreme Court has rejected Virginia’s bid to restore a congressional map that would have given Democrats a chance to pick up four seats in the closely divided House of Representatives.
The Louisiana Senate on Thursday approved a new voting map that would eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black, Democratic-leaning congressional districts with only a few minor changes to a version approved by a legislative committee the day before.
Missouri election clerks are updating voter rolls without knowing which congressional map will be used for the August election.
The new map will eliminate one of the state's majority Black, Democratic-leaning districts while keeping one Democratic-leaning district.
The Supreme Court on Friday evening turned down a request by Virginia’s attorney general and other Virginia Democrats to allow the state to use a new congressional map, which would have been expected to strongly favor Democrats,
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ attempt to do away with anti-gerrymandering provisions in the state constitution had its first day in court Friday, as opposing attorneys pushed a Tallahassee judge to put a temporary hold on new congressional lines that created four additional GOP-leaning seats.
Activists turned out Saturday afternoon to Mill Creek Park in Kansas City, Missouri, as part of a nationwide Voting Rights Day of Action.