Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has filed Legal Notice he’s going to try to save the Congressional Map drawn by Republicans in the State Supreme Court. He wants it to reverse Monday’s ruling in a Wyandotte County Court that tossed out the map after finding it discriminated against minority voters and Democrats. Schmidt says he thinks everybody understands that there’s an urgency here and they certainly are going to be moving as fast as they can. In his decision, District Judge Bill Klapper, said the redistricting plan violated the Kansas Constitution’s guarantee of equal rights by intentionally diluting the voting power of people of color in Wyandotte County.
If the State Supreme Court upholds his decision, Republican leaders say they’ll bring lawmakers back in late May to draw a new map ahead of the June candidate filing deadline.
