A panel of judges has ruled that a Republican-drawn map for Tennessee’s Senate seats violates the state Constitution because lawmakers incorrectly numbered the legislative districts in left-leaning Nashville. The numbering matters because the four-year Senate terms are staggered, putting some districts on the ballot in presidential election years, others in gubernatorial election cycles. Wednesday's ruling centers on maps passed by the Republican-supermajority Legislature in 2022 during the once-a-decade redistricting process. Tennessee’s constitution dictates that districts must be numbered consecutively in counties that have more than one. The newly drawn redistricting plan does not do that in Davidson County, which encompasses Nashville.
A Republican-drawn map for Tennessee’s Senate seats violates the state Constitution because lawmakers incorrectly numbered the legislative districts in left-leaning Nashville, which affects which years those seats are on the
Tennessee's Republican-drawn state Senate map is unconstitutional, a judicial panel ruled Wednesday.Tennessee state Senate districts are required to be numbered consecutively in counties with more than one district Davidson County, home to Nashville, instead houses districts 17, 19, 20, and 21. District 18, meanwhile, is located in nearby Sumner and Trousdale counties.The Senate has
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