Guvernören i South Carolina planerar extrainkallat möte om valdistriktsindelning

Republikanske guvernören Henry McMaster förväntas kalla till ett särskilt lagstiftande möte för att rita om South Carolinas kongresskarta. Draget kan skapa ett övertag på 7-0 för republikanerna och hota platsen för den demokratiske representanten Jim Clyburn.

McMasters plan kommer efter en misslyckad omröstning i delstatssenaten på tisdagen. Fem republikaner anslöt sig till demokraterna för att blockera en resolution som skulle ha förlängt den ordinarie sessionen för omritning av valdistrikten, vilket innebar att man missade den krävda två tredjedelsmajoriteten med två röster. Senatens majoritetsledare Shane Massey ledde oppositionen och varnade för att en ändring av kartan innebar politiska risker. Han sade i senaten: ”Jag anser att vår delstat är starkare med levande partier”, och tillade att republikanerna är starkare när det demokratiska partiet förblir livskraftigt. Massey avvisade också yttre påtryckningar och konstaterade: ”Jag har för mycket sydstatablod i mig för att ge upp.”

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