“With all respect I would remind them the last time they drew a map it was declared unconstitutional by a federal court,” Ralston said, referring to an early 2000s reapportionment process when the Democratic majority drew district maps that were rejected by courts for gerrymandering.
The power of reapportionment, i.e., the power to draw district maps, rests with the majority party in Georgia. Typically, districts are drawn after every U.S. census, but interim changes like these have long been made by Republicans and Democrats alike.