The State newspaper
A new federal lawsuit alleges South Carolina’s redrawn state House districts continue the state's "shameful history and ongoing record of discrimination" by intentionally diluting the power of Black voters.
The Dec. 24 complaint, filed by a team of lawyers from across the country on behalf of the South Carolina chapter of the NAACP and a Beaufort County resident, marks the sixth consecutive redistricting cycle in which the state's maps have been challenged as unconstitutional.
“Defendants traded one constitutional violation — malapportionment — for two others: racial gerrymandering and intentional racial discrimination,” the suit alleges, while asserting that the U.S. congressional districts, which lawmakers have not yet redrawn, remain malapportioned.
