“Georgia Supreme Court declines to rule on whether counties can draw their own electoral maps”

AP News: The Georgia Supreme Court refused to issue a ruling, leaving the legality of Cobb County Commissioners’ electoral districts uncertain. The County is Georgia’s third-largest. While the Court agreed “that someone needs to issue a legally final ruling on whether county commissioners can override state legislators and draw their own electoral districts,” and one Justice urged the commissioners themselves to file for a declaration, a unanimous Court held that the “it would be improper to rule on the legal issue” where the plaintiffs lacked standing.

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