Georgia’s Republican governor calls for special session to redraw electoral maps

Brian Kemp’s move makes Georgia latest southern state to initiate map-making after dismantling of Voting Rights Act

The Republican governor of Georgia called a special session for next month to redraw electoral maps, the latest southern state to initiate a new map-making after the US supreme court’s dismantling of the Voting Rights Act.

Brian Kemp announced the special session, which will start on 17 June, on Wednesday. It will focus on “enacting, revising, repealing, or amending” district lines for the state legislature and congressional district, in light of the supreme court’s decision in Louisiana v Callais.