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The Center Square [By Jon Styf] –
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Friday it won’t expedite an appeal of a ruling against Tennessee’s Republican-drawn Senate maps, meaning the current maps will likely remain in place for the 2024 elections.
The maps were ruled unconstitutional by a Tennessee court Nov. 22.
“The state and the trial court agree the senate map violates the constitution,” Tennessee Sen. Heidi Campbell, D-Nashville, wrote on social media. “No question. But the Supreme Court just denied requests to expedite appeal and stayed the injunction that required a new map by January 31. So, current maps apply in 2024.”
In August, several Tennessee groups filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s congressional and state redistricting maps that went into effect in 2022.
The ruling the maps are unconstitutional originally set a Jan. 31 deadline to adopt a plan that follows the constitutional requirement that Senate districts be consecutively numbered.
About the Author: Jon Styf, The Center Square Staff Reporter – Jon Styf is an award-winning editor and reporter who has worked in Illinois, Texas, Wisconsin, Florida and Michigan in local newsrooms over the past 20 years, working for Shaw Media, Hearst and several other companies. Follow Jon on Twitter @JonStyf.
