Kemp calls for redistricting special session to redraw 2028 maps in Georgia

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) on Wednesday called for a special legislative session for lawmakers to redraw the state’s maps ahead of the 2028 elections.

Kemp’s proclamation called on lawmakers to reconvene on June 17 to “consider enacting, revising, repealing, or amending general law for the division of the State into appropriate districts” following the Supreme Court’s notable ruling on Louisiana’s congressional map last month.

The conservative-majority court’s ruling found that the map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. But the decision also weakened core provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act, which prohibits voting practices that discriminate based on race, color or minority-group membership.

Kemp told The Atlanta Journal Constitution earlier this month that the court’s decision “restores fairness to our redistricting process and allows states to pass electoral maps that reflect the will of the voters, not the will of federal judges.”

But he added that it was too late for Georgia to draw up new maps ahead of the May 19........

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