California Governor Gavin Newsom is aiming to place the newly drawn political maps on the ballot for a special statewide election on November 4.

Republican lawmakers in California have filed suit seeking to block action on Governor Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan, which aims to create five new Democratic U.S. congressional seats in his state to counter a similar move in Texas favouring Republicans.

The Republicans argue in their emergency petition to the California Supreme Court that the state constitution bars consideration of the redistricting plan until September 18 because new legislation requires a 30-day review period before lawmakers may act on it.

The four Republicans who filed the suit on Monday asked the court to block Democratic lawmakers from moving forward with the legi

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