Redistricting Lawsuit To Be Filed

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...House Republican Floor Leader Jeff Hoover said Wednesday a lawsuit will be filed within days challenging the constitutionality of a redistricting measure that hits GOP representatives especially hard. Hoover says Republican representatives will also ask for an injunction to delay implementation of the measure and ask that next Tuesday’s election filing deadline be postponed until the matter is resolved. The House approved the plan largely along party lines on January 12th after rejecting a GOP alternative that would have eliminated some of the oddly shaped districts drawn by House Democrats. Governor Steve Beshear signed the measure into law last week.