SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Recent Mexico Supreme Court is anticipated to listen to a case this week difficult the state’s recent congressional maps.
The hearing scheduled Monday would come about three months after the high court ordered a stay in proceedings in a lawsuit brought by the state’s Republican Party, in response to the Santa Fe Recent Mexican.
The newspaper said the GOP contends the newly redistricted maps of Recent Mexico’s three congressional districts amount to a political gerrymander.
Democratic defendants contend that the congressional maps are a policy matter that falls under the state Legislature’s purview.
If the state Supreme Court sides with the Republicans, the case would return to the district court level where it began early last yr.
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The hearing is the newest chapter in a still-evolving story concerning the often contentious technique of redrawing the maps for state legislative and congressional seats every 10 years after the census.
Under the previous map, Republican voters in southeastern Recent Mexico were mostly grouped inside a single congressional district, creating one district that typically elected a Republican and two that typically elected a Democrat.
Now, the plaintiffs say, those voters are split amongst all three of the state’s congressional districts, diluting their voting power.
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