SOUTH CAROLINA (WSAV) – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of South Carolina, and Duffy & Young LLC filed a lawsuit today challenging partisan gerrymandering of South Carolina’s congressional districts.
The lawsuit comes after redistricting following the 2020 census, a tradition at the beginning of each decade involving redrawing the lines of congressional districts to meet population requirements. In this case, the suit alleges that the boundaries of the state’s First Congressional District (which includes Charleston, Beaufort and Bluffton) were drawn with a Republican advantage; a manner, they say, that violates the South Carolina Constitution.