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George Chidi and Lauren Gambino in Los Angeles

Republicans sue to block Newsom’s fast-track California redistricting plan

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The California governor, Gavin Newsom, speaks about the ‘Election Rigging Response Act’ at a press conference last week in Los Angeles. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Republican state legislators in California filed suit on Tuesday to block a mid-year redistricting plan meant to counter Texas’s effort to redraw congressional district lines.

The emergency petition argues that the process being used in the California assembly violates laws requiring a 30-day period between the introduction of legislation and voting on it.

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