The California Supreme Court has once again rejected a lawsuit brought by Republican legislators seeking to squash Democrats’ attempt to redraw the state’s congressional maps ahead of next year’s midterm elections .

The court denied the petition on Wednesday, Aug. 27 — just two days after GOP members of the state legislature asked it to block Proposition 50, a mid-decade congressional redistricting measure, from appearing on the Nov. 4 ballot. Republicans argued that the planned special election violates the state Constitution and would compromise voter representation.

State Sens. Tony Strickland, R-Huntington Beach, and Suzette Martinez Valladares, R-Santa Clarita, along with Assemblymembers Tri Ta, R-Westminster, and Kate Sanchez, R-Rancho Santa Margarita, were petitioners in the l

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