This story was updated at 1:49 p.m.
A special legislative session begins Wednesday in Georgia to redraw the state’s political maps after a federal judge ruled that the current district lines illegally dilute the power of Black voters.
The new maps could affect the balance of power in the state legislature and in Congress, where Republicans are fighting to hold on to a very narrow U.S. House majority.
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