Federal judges throw out Maryland’s congressional voting map in long-running gerrymandering case
A three-judge panel unanimously blocked the state from using its congressional voting map in future elections, ordering political leaders to draw new electoral lines for contests in 2020. The decision gives Maryland officials until March to submit a redistricting plan. If the state is unable to meet the deadline, the court’s order establishes a commission that will create a map of its own. The ruling can be appealed directly to the Supreme Court, which in June avoided answering the question of when extreme partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional in the Maryland case and another from Wisconsin.
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