A federal three-judge panel ruled that South Carolina can use a congressional map deemed unconstitutional, which had previously excluded 30,000 Black voters. The Supreme Court's delay led to a lower court allowing the use of the map for the 2024 elections.
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“This is why we need to fight for voting rights legislation.” Watch our president and CEO @mayawiley on this week’s order allowing South Carolina’s racially gerrymandered congressional map to remain in place for 2024 elections. https://t.co/EhJjNyVLBE
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"The ruling echoes redistricting cases in other Southern states where courts found that congressional maps violated the voting rights of Black voters and other people of color but allowed them to be used anyway, at least temporarily." https://t.co/BvBJOLrE78
South Carolina To Hold 2024 Congressional Elections With Map Previously Ruled Unconstitutional https://t.co/NzaggZE0pW
South Carolina Can Use Map Under Supreme Court Review in 2024 Elections, Judges Rule https://t.co/oxoyDFRAD1
South Carolina's voting map that was faulted for racial bias by a court will be revived for this year's congressional elections. The panel said the upcoming election calendar and SCOTUS' delay in ruling on an appeal by officials had left them little choice https://t.co/U2HCkAQB5I https://t.co/lSdE95y5QR
South Carolina to hold 2024 congressional elections with map previously ruled unconstitutional https://t.co/73yfTJo4FV
Federal court reinstates South Carolina's congressional maps for 2024 The decision is expected to prove a boon to South Carolina GOP Rep. Nancy Mace, whose district became more Republican-leaning under the legislature-approved slate. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/KEnU0YYpII
South Carolina congressional map can stay for this year's elections, panel rules https://t.co/TnOHgyY09B
A federal judge said looming deadlines and and Supreme Court inaction forced her to allow South Carolina to use a redistricting map the court previously found disadvantaged Black voters. https://t.co/XsOLJh56hX
“The Court hereby exercises its authority... to modify its injunction to preserve the status quo on appeal"... JUST IN: Red State Gets Win in SCOTUS Fight on ‘Gerrymandered’ Maps Ahead of 2024 Election https://t.co/QgUWPg8NX4
South Carolina to use congressional map deemed unconstitutional by @patrickdmarley https://t.co/7poQ6l9bOg
A federal judicial panel ruled Thursday that South Carolina can conduct its 2024 elections under a congressional map it found unconstitutionally discriminates against Black voters, and which the U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing. https://t.co/cr4sk5wH7Q
South Carolina Allowed To Use Gerrymandered Map Thanks To Supreme Court Delay https://t.co/aYnzFpNuNw
Black voters alleging recently redrawn North Carolina state Senate districts unlawfully dilute Black voting power were not entitled to a preliminary injunction prohibiting use of the new maps, the Fourth Circuit said Thursday. https://t.co/6BGDKny8uO
GIFT ARTICLE This gives Nancy Mace a needed boost. SCOTUS avoided the hassle of stepping on a rake here…by simply blowing it off. Now it is timed out & an unconstitutional map will apply. South Carolina to use congressional map deemed unconstitutional https://t.co/hHAUymjENL
South Carolina’s Congressional map preserved by appeals court in boost to Republicans https://t.co/3krzD7EqxC https://t.co/J92VAa0wPm
A federal appellate court on Thursday rejected an emergency challenge to North Carolina’s Republican-drawn legislative map, all but ensuring elections will go forward this year under contested lines drawn up in late 2023. https://t.co/z7zDtXD7ha
A federal court that previously threw out a South Carolina electoral map for bias against Black voters decided that it can be used in this year's congressional elections, a ruling that could undercut Democratic chances of winning control of the US House https://t.co/U2HCkAR8Vg https://t.co/aVkkeZspZG
⚠️ SOUTH CAROLINA VOTING MAP FAULTED FOR RACIAL BIAS BY COURT REVIVED FOR 2024 Full Story → https://t.co/vYIgJlmTDR A federal court that previously threw out a Republican-drawn South Carolina electoral map for bias against Black voters decided on Thursday that it can be used… https://t.co/WviBa64hKS
A federal court will allow South Carolina Republicans to use their congressional map for the 2024 election, despite earlier finding it discriminates against Black voters https://t.co/JIdUCK9nHy
South Carolina to use ‘unconstitutional’ congressional map after Supreme Court silence https://t.co/ugTZSfjypn
Judges Rule South Carolina Can Use ‘Unconstitutional’ Congressional Map In 2024 Elections—What To Know https://t.co/d73mRKeWlb https://t.co/g72U5wrd7X
Court rejects claim challenging North Carolina map for diluting Black vote https://t.co/Ph698FcCmR
The Supreme Court has delayed resolving a South Carolina redistricting case for so long that a lower court has been forced to step in, saying that a congressional district it previously ruled was racially gerrymandered can be used in this year’s election. https://t.co/nw2sbhLVZr
A federal court ruled Thursday that time had run out to draw a new congressional district in South Carolina and said the state could use its existing map this year even though it had earlier determined that map was unconstitutional. https://t.co/WU3WuMj3BK
A federal court ruled last year that South Carolina’s Republican map “exiled” 30,000 Black voters from Nancy Mace’s congressional district. Today a court said the state can use the illegal map b/c the Supreme Court has been too slow to rule on the appeal. https://t.co/rpRt0AOwgW
After waiting months for a Supreme Court ruling, South Carolina will go ahead and use a congressional map that judges previously said was unconstitutional and “exiled” 30,000 Black voters, @patrickdmarley reports. https://t.co/VxH3rVi7Cr
A panel of federal district court judges in South Carolina said Thursday that the 2024 elections for a congressional district in the state can be conducted using a map it determined was racially gerrymandered. https://t.co/l7Nb1VYeKJ
South Carolina to use congressional map deemed unconstitutional https://t.co/3LrCHbp1yo
NEW: The Supreme Court has delayed acting on a South Carolina redistricting case for so long that a lower court has stepped in, saying that a congressional district it previously ruled was racially gerrymandered can be used in this year’s election: https://t.co/Whz6UCj0fQ
"South Carolina voters have gone over a year without a fair congressional map. With today’s order, justice is delayed once again to Black voters in the state." https://t.co/RnEBjb2gOB
South Carolina Republican state lawmakers must be allowed to implement their congressional map for this year’s elections, a federal three-judge panel ruled. https://t.co/aL2xiep4V6