A New York appeals court ordered a redrawing of the state’s congressional map on Thursday, giving a victory to Democrats hoping to regain control of the embattled U.S. House of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. 2024 elections.
The 3-2 appellate division ruling in state capital Albany overturned a lower court ruling and ordered the state’s bipartisan Independent Redistricting Commission to restart the process of redistricting. map development.
Lines drawn last year by a politically neutral pundit saw Republicans win four House of Representatives seats in the Democratic-leaning state.
Republicans plan to appeal to the state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, which in April 2022 rejected a map drawn by Democrats, which Republicans called “gerrymandering.” She also said the special expert should take care of the case.
As a result of the decision, the court’s chief justice, who had voted with a 4-3 majority, was replaced by an appointee from Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul, who progressives had lobbied to it nullifies the court’s recent conservative tendency.
“The appeals court must overturn this decision or Democrats will alter the map to target their opponents and protect their political allies, to the detriment of the people,” Republican Representative Elise Stefanik and Republican Party Chairman of New York Ed Cox.
The new Democratic seats could help offset losses suffered by North Carolina, whose highest court said in April that state’s Republican-controlled legislature could craft new politically advantageous maps.
The lawsuit was brought by a group of New York voters following the appeals court ruling, seeking a new card that would remain in effect until the 2030 census.
Judge Elizabeth Garry wrote for Thursday’s majority that the redistricting commission had an “indisputable duty” to present a new map, after lawmakers rejected her original plan and she hit a dead end trying to replace it.
“The petitioners have demonstrated a clear legal right to the relief sought,” she wrote. “By acceding to this request, we return the matter to its constitutional conception.
Among the Democrats who lost seats in the 2022 election is Sean Patrick Maloney, who led the House Democrats’ campaign arm.
Among the Republicans who won seats was George Santos, who is seeking re-election despite being charged with fraud and other charges.
2023-07-13 22:50:09
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