Shepherd Considers Legislative Redistricting

• {Frankfort, Kentucky}...Monday, Franklin County Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd listened to more than four hours of arguments on the constitutionality of legislative redistricting. Shepherd said if he does not rule by late Tuesday, he will extend a restraining order he issued last week that moved the election filing deadline for legislative candidates from January 31 to 4:30 P.M. February 7th. House Republicans requested a temporary injunction to extend the filing deadline for state legislative candidates so the GOP can try to overturn the legislative election districts. House Republicans and Senator Kathy Stein, D-Lexington, say the legislative districts approved by the General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Steve Beshear are unconstitutional. A restraining order cannot be appealed to a higher court but an injunction can.