A state court judge tossed Kansas’ new congressional map Monday, ruling that the district lines unfairly favored Republicans and diluted minority voters’ power at the ballot box.
The Kansas Legislature would have to redraw its four congressional districts under the decision from Wyandotte County District Court Judge Bill Klapper, though the judge himself noted it may be appealed to the Kansas Supreme Court.
The map, which would favor Republicans in all four districts, violated state constitutional protections for minority voting rights and against partisan gerrymandering, Klapper wrote in a more than 200-page ruling.
