Judge declines to stop redistricting, says FOIA doesn’t apply to SC House rule changes

By: Jessica Holdman

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: May 20, 2026

Words: 863

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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COLUMBIA — A Circuit Court judge denied a request from voters’ rights groups to wind back the clock on South Carolina’s congressional redistricting debate, saying House leaders were within their powers to follow their own rules as they pushed to redraw voting lines.

The Freedom of Information Act provisions cited in the lawsuit don’t even apply to the challenged House resolution, Judge Daniel Coble wrote.

That’s because the state constitution empowers the General Assembly …

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