A New York state appeals court on Thursday sided with Democrats calling for a remap of the state legislature for 2024 after the previous map was rejected last year.
Here’s the map originally produced by the state independent zoning commission: got thrown The ruling was reversed last year after the New York Supreme Court found he had engaged in gerrymandering, and the 2022 line will be drawn by a court-appointed expert. Republicans used maps drawn by court-appointed experts to flip four seats in Congress during the 2022 midterm elections. according to to the Associated Press.
New York Court of Appeals instructed The IRC called on Thursday to “start the mission immediately” and redraw the map.
“The right to participate in the democratic process is the most essential right in our system of government,” the court said. I have written. “The procedures governing the process of redistricting are so easily abused by those seeking to minimize voter voices and establish themselves in power that they must be defended as rigorously as the right to vote itself. In granting this petition, we are returning the issue to constitutional provision.” (Related: New York Superior Court scraps ‘unforgivable’ Democratic-leaning map of Congress)
BREAKING: Appeals court orders state legislative map rewrites, devastating Republican defeat in New York state — six seats in the House could turn from red to blue if they side with the Democrats in the lawsuit.
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“I will go to the Court of Appeal,” former Republican congressman Jong Faso said in a statement, according to the Associated Press. “Democrats want to manipulate congressional district lines in their favor. New York now has the most competitive congressional districts of any state in the nation.”
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