SC Supreme Court upholds voting map, throws out partisan gerrymandering claim
COLUMBIA — The state Supreme Court upheld South Carolina’s congressional voting lines Wednesday by ruling there’s nothing unconstitutional about partisan gerrymandering.
The decision marks the second time in less than two years that a high court has validated the map redrawn by the Legislature following the 2020 census.
“After years of litigation — only for the federal and state supreme courts to tell us what we knew all along — I am grateful to see this matter finally resolved,” Senate President Thomas Alexander, R-Walhalla, said in a statement.
After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in May 2024 that the lines did not racially discriminate, the League of Women Voters sued in state court, using Republicans’ arguments that it was party, not race, that influenced the redrawing. Its lawsuit argued legislators violated the state constitution with a map that intentionally gave Republicans the advantage in the coastal 1st District, making it easier for the GOP to keep the seat after it flipped for a single term.
https://scdailygazette.com/2025/09/17/sc-supreme-court-ruling-upholds-voting-map-throws-out-partisan-gerrymandering-claim/
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