Blue states band together to challenge GOP-led voting map they say harms 'minority voting strength'

More than a twelve Democrat attorneys wide are weighing successful connected a ineligible conflict successful Georgia complete its legislature map, alleging it discriminates against number voters.

A situation brought by nan American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), WilmerHale connected behalf of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., nan Sixth District of nan African Methodist Episcopal Church and respective individual Georgia voters is presently connected entreaty earlier nan 11th Circuit.

The suit alleges that Georgia lawmakers aft nan 2020 census enacted a caller legislature representation that drew territory lines, diluting nan powerfulness of Black voters by not adding caller Black-majority districts to bespeak maturation successful nan Black organization successful nan metro areas of nan state.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 18 of his colleagues revenge an amicus little connected Tuesday, arguing that Georgia’s maps are "diluting number voting strength."

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More than a twelve Democrat attorneys wide are weighing successful connected a ineligible conflict successful Georgia complete its legislature map, alleging it discriminates against number voters. (Fox News/File)

But predetermination watchdog groups opportunity nan bluish states interjecting successful nan Peach State’s ineligible conflict to support a GOP-drawn representation is "transparently political."

"This is nan left's playbook for redistricting," Honest Elections Project Vice President Chad Ennis told Fox News Digital. "They declare each representation not tilted towards Democrats is racist."

In December, an Obama-appointed national judge ruled that, aft an earlier bid for Georgia to see 1 further mostly aliases near-majority Black territory to comply pinch nan Voting Rights Act (VRA), nan assembly had "fully complied" pinch nan court.

But nan ACLU and others contended nan authorities was still violating nan VRA because nan caller representation for creating a majority-Black territory successful Atlanta simultaneously dismantled a adjacent territory of mostly number voters presently represented by a Democrat.

The ACLU contends that nan representation still violates Section 2 of nan VRA, which says, "No voting qualification aliases prerequisite to voting, aliases standard, practice, aliases process shall beryllium imposed aliases applied by immoderate State aliases governmental subdivision to contradict aliases abridge nan correct of immoderate national of nan United States to ballot connected relationship of title aliases color."

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta (Mindy Schauer/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images/File)

Bonta’s agency said nan intent of nan bluish authorities amicus little was for "highlighting the value of civic engagement from each voters regardless of race, color, aliases rank successful minority-language group, and ensuring that each national has nan correct to vote."

"The Fifteenth Amendment guarantees each U.S. citizens nan correct to vote, sloppy of race, color, aliases background," Bonta said. "Unfortunately, location are those who judge nan only measurement they tin triumph is by denying entree and suppressing voters."

But nan Honest Elections Project said nan apical Democrat authorities prosecutors "are speedy to disregard number districts erstwhile they use nan Left politically," naming a caller tribunal conflict successful Michigan arsenic a premier example. 

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The Georgia State Capitol successful Atlanta (Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images/File)

In December, Michigan’s authorities House and Senate maps were tossed arsenic group gerrymanders, a first-of-its-kind nonaccomplishment for a authorities redistricting committee and a awesome rustle to Democrats’ chances to support power of nan authorities legislature, Bloomberg Law reported.

A three-judge federal sheet ruled that Michigan’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission illegally drew 13 districts’ lines and violated nan U.S. Constitution by predominantly focusing connected race, minimizing Black voting property organization successful various Detroit-area districts successful a measurement that denied Black voters nan expertise to prime number candidates successful primaries, nan outlet reported.

"The organization near was silent because nan maps benefited them," Ennis told Fox News Digital.

"None of these attorneys wide felt nan request to measurement successful connected that litigation. Their Georgia little is transparently governmental and has thing to do pinch helping number voters," he said.

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Ken Cuccinelli, erstwhile Virginia lawyer wide and caput of nan Election Transparency Initiative, told Fox News Digital, "There is nary mobility astatine each that nan Democrat AGs' amicus little is political."

"It is highly uncommon to spot states prosecute successful predetermination litigation related to a sister authorities for illustration this," he said.

Bonta's agency did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.