U.S. District Judge Steve Jones said the current maps must be redrawn by Dec. 8, in a win for voting rights activists who argued the state’s maps dilute the power of Black voters.
Georgia state Sen. John Kennedy, a Republican, introduces a map of state Senate districts at the Georgia Capitol on Nov. 9, 2021. A federal judge has struck down Georgia’s political district maps and ordered state lawmakers to redraw them by Dec. 8, in a win for voting rights activists who argued the state’s maps dilute the power of Black voters.In a ruling issued Thursday, U.S.
Asked about the ruling Thursday, a representative for Georgia Attorney General Christopher M. Carr’s office said it is reviewing the order. Jones wrote that the court was “confident” the Georgia General Assembly could redraw the maps by Dec. 8, since it had acted quickly in 2021. “he Legislature has been on notice since at least the time that this litigation was commenced nearly 22 months ago that new maps might be necessary; the General Assembly already has access to an experienced cartographer; and the General Assembly has an illustrative remedial plan to consult,” the ruling states.
According to the ruling, the court will decide if the redrawn maps appropriately remedy the situation — and in the event the state is “unable or unwilling” to redraw the maps by the Dec. 8 deadline, the court will draw or adopt remedial plans.
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