California asks Supreme Court to reject GOP map challenge
California urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Republican efforts to block the state’s voter-approved congressional map Thursday, arguing that its elections are already underway and that stopping California now — after allowing Texas’ GOP gerrymander to proceed — would disrupt active campaigns and hand one party an unfair advantage.
California’s response lands as Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to freeze Proposition 50, the ballot measure California voters overwhelmingly passed last fall to redraw congressional districts in response to Texas’ midcycle Republican gerrymander.
A federal district court already refused to intervene and block the map. Now, California is telling the justices that stepping in would defy what the court has long warned against — changing election rules midstream.
At the center of the state’s argument is the Purcell principle, a Supreme Court doctrine that says courts should not alter election rules once an election is close or underway because of the risk of voter confusion and administrative chaos.
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