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The New York Supreme Court is ordering the Empire State’s independent redistricting commission (IRC) back to the drawing board in a ruling that could endanger House Republicans’ already razor-thin majority. Democratic-aligned election attorney Marc Elias tweeted on Tuesday that the state’s highest court ruled in his favor, upholding his petition that the courts should compel the IRC to re-draw Congressional redistricting maps prior to the 2024 general election. According to the ruling Elias posted, those maps must be ready by the “earliest possible date, but in no event later than February 28,…

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