The legislation to redraw South Carolina’s Congressional map fizzled in the state’s Senate when five Republicans joined Democrats to block its advancement to a vote.
The Senate needed a two-thirds vote to advance it.
The legislation fell two votes short.
South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey (R) claimed the state is “the most gerrymandered Republican state in the country already.”
Massey also insisted that the “attempts to draw a 7-0 Republican map might result in a 5-2 split.”
Former State Rep. Adam Morgan has encouraged people to call Republican Gov. Henry McMaster to call a special session.
The House voted 87-25 to add redrawing the state’s Congressional map to a resolution outlining what the legislature can do when its session ends on May 14.
The idea is to make the state 7R – 0D. Right now, Rep. Jim Clyburn is the only Democrat holding a seat in South Carolina.
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