Four California Republicans filed an emergency petition Monday at the California Supreme Court to stop Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democrats from calling a special election to approve a new congressional map.
The map is an openly partisan effort by Newsom to gerrymander the districts to remove at least four GOP-held seats, in supposed retaliation against an effort in Texas to redraw district lines to favor Republicans.
The emergency petition argues that the district map, which must be approved by the California legislature before being set before the voters, had been presented in violation of a rule requiring 30 days for review.
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