Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York and Republican state officials asked the Supreme Court on Friday to stop a state court order to redraw her Staten Island district ahead of the midterms.
The emergency applications, one from several Republican state officials and another from Malliotakis and a group of voters, argued that the last-minute change would unleash chaos on New York’s electoral process.
Malliotakis and the voters argued the justices should step in because the state’s election process starts too soon — candidates can start circulating nominating petitions on Feb. 24 — to allow for a new map to be drawn.
