Georgia’s Republican governor calls for special session to redraw electoral maps
Republican governors in multiple states are calling special legislative sessions to redraw congressional maps, with Georgia's governor leading efforts to reconvene lawmakers for this purpose. Similar redistricting initiatives are underway in South Carolina, Louisiana, and Mississippi, following recent court rulings. These map changes would alter electoral districts, with particular focus on districts with significant Black voter populations.
Left-leaning outlets frame these redistricting efforts as part of a coordinated Republican strategy to eliminate majority-Black districts and suppress Democratic representation. Coverage emphasizes the timing of these special sessions and connects them to broader patterns of partisan gerrymandering across multiple states.
Center outlets present the redistricting efforts more procedurally, focusing on the mechanics of special sessions and court rulings that enabled these map changes. They examine whether timing constraints affect the feasibility of implementing new maps before upcoming elections.
Right-leaning sources characterize these redistricting efforts as necessary corrections and legitimate exercises of state authority. Coverage emphasizes governors' decisions to proceed with special sessions as victories and frames the map changes as responses to legal requirements.
Key Differences
- Left outlets emphasize the elimination of majority-Black districts as a pattern of voter suppression, while right outlets frame redistricting as lawful governance and procedural necessity.
- Center coverage focuses on technical and timing questions about implementing maps before elections, whereas left coverage prioritizes the demographic impact and right coverage celebrates the political outcomes.
- Left sources connect individual state actions into a coordinated national strategy, while right and center outlets treat each state's redistricting more independently.
Left(5)
The GuardianAMay 13, 7:10 PM
Georgia’s Republican governor calls for special session to redraw electoral maps
Brian Kemp’s move makes Georgia latest southern state to initiate map-making after dismantling of Voting Rights Act The Republican governor of Georgia called a special session for next month to redraw
Democracy DocketBMay 13, 5:48 PM
Mississippi governor plans to redraw congressional map, eliminate majority-Black district after midterms - Democracy Docket
Mississippi governor plans to redraw congressional map, eliminate majority-Black district after midterms Democracy Docket
PoliticoAMay 13, 7:13 PM
McMaster plans to call special session to redraw South Carolina House map
The decision would tee up the state legislature to pass a new 7-0 map favoring Republicans this cycle.
CBS NewsBMay 13, 6:48 PM
Kemp calls special legislative session to redraw Georgia's congressional map
Georgia lawmakers will return to the Capitol on June 17 for a special session focused on redistricting.
Democracy DocketBMay 13, 1:39 PM
Louisiana gerrymander: Panel advances GOP map axing majority-Black seat - Democracy Docket
Louisiana gerrymander: Panel advances GOP map axing majority-Black seat Democracy Docket
Center(2)
Christian Science MonitorAMay 13, 9:00 AM
Is primary season too late to redraw the maps? Not when Congress is up for grabs.
Despite predictions that a court ruling would come too late to be actionable this election cycle, states are gerrymandering after the Louisiana v. Callais decision.
AxiosAMay 13, 11:28 AM
Louisiana advances congressional map with reduced Black representation
Louisiana senators voted early Wednesday to advance a congressional map that eliminates one of the state's majority-Black districts. Why it matters: The proposed map pits U.S. Rep. Troy Carter against
Right(3)
TownhallDMay 13, 7:00 PM
Why Mississippi's Governor Called Off a Special Session to Redraw Its Maps Today
Just the NewsCMay 13, 12:00 AM
SC Governor to call special session for redistricting, lawmaker says
Their decision followed the Republican primaries in Indiana, where primary challengers largely ousted Senate Republicans who opposed redistricting.
TownhallDMay 13, 6:00 PM
VICTORY: SC Gov Changes Course and Will Call a Special Session to Enact New Congressional Maps
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