Wyandotte County judge throws out congressional map

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A Wyandotte County judge on Monday threw out the state's new congressional boundaries, saying that they were rigged in a way to benefit Republicans while "systemically" diluting the strength of Democratic and minority voters.

District Judge Bill Klapper ruled in a 209-page opinion that the new map - known as Ad Astra 2 - violates multiple sections of the Kansas Constitution because of partisan and racial gerrymandering.

Klapper, elected to the bench as a Democrat, ordered the Legislature to draw a new . . .

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