Nov. 13 (UPI) -- California Republicans are challenging their state's voter-approved redistricting plan, adding to the ongoing partisan court struggle over gerrymandering.
The lawsuit, filed a day after voters decisively approved Proposition 50 in a special election, claims the new congressional map was drawn in violation of the 14th and 15th Amendments because race was unjustifiably a factor.
Proposition 50 amends the state constitution to allow state legislators to redraw California's congressional map in an effort to counteract Texas' new map. The map will remain until 2031 when the state's Citizens Redistricting Commission draws a new congressional map.
The congressional map approved by Texas this year was drawn at the behest of President Donald Trump who called on state lawmakers to add five more likely-Republican congressional seats before the 2026 midterm election.
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