Numerous outlets have reported that South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, will call lawmakers back to the State House to hold a special session over redistricting efforts.
Five Republican state senators voted with Democrats to block legislation to redraw South Carolina’s Congressional map.
The Senate needed a two-thirds vote to advance it.
The legislation fell two votes short.
According to the Post and Courier, Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey said that the “legislative leadership is in the process of informing their membership to come back into session to debate the maps.”
McMaster’s office has not commented, though.
Massey was one of the Republicans who voted against advancing the legislation, claiming 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.”
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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