Federal judge says Georgia’s political maps must be redrawn for 2024 election

Voters cast their vote in Georgia's runoff election for U.S. Senate in Atlanta on Dec. 6, 2022. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

This story was updated at 4:26 p.m.

A federal judge has ruled Georgia’s Congressional and state legislative districts must be redrawn before the 2024 election, reshaping the fight for control of Congress and the Georgia legislature.

In a 516-page order, U.S. District Judge Steve Jones wrote that the current political maps drawn by Republican lawmakers after the last census violate the federal Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting power of Black voters.