After Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) hinted she could redraw the state’s congressional lines several years ahead of the state’s decennial drawing, New York Republicans are outraged.
Hochul suggested the ploy in response to Republicans’ efforts to redraw partisan lines in states like Texas.
“New York’s State Constitution could not be more clear: mid-decade redistricting is illegal,” New York GOP chair Ed Cox said in a statement Friday. “Kathy Hochul and Albany Democrats are again ignoring the law as they telegraph their latest attempt to rig our elections.”
Then he suggested he would sue Hochul or the state if they decided to redistrict ahead of the every-decade timeline.
“If Democrats have forgotten what it feels like to be embarrassed in court, Republicans will happily remind them,” he
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