The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of South Carolina, and Duffy & Young LLC filed a lawsuit today challenging partisan gerrymandering of South Carolina’s congressional districts. The League of Women Voters of South Carolina is the plaintiff.

Every 10 years, South Carolina state lawmakers are tasked with redrawing the lines for congressional districts based on census data. The lawsuit alleges those lawmakers violated the South Carolina Constitution when they manipulated the map to create an artificial Republican advantage in the First Congressional District, a coastal district traditionally anchored in Charleston.

The lawsuit, League of Women Voters of South Carolina v. Thomas Alexander, was filed in South Carolina Supreme Court. It asks the court to exercise original jurisdiction over the case, to recognize a protection against partisan gerrymandering in the South Carolina Constitution, and to invalidate the existing congressional map.

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