On December 12, the Georgia voters who had originally challenged the 2021 U.S. House district boundaries, and who had won, asked the same court to invalidate the new boundaries that the state created last week. Pendergrass v Raffensperger, n.d., 1:21cv-5339. Here is their brief. A hearing will be held December 20.

The uncertainty over the eventual Georgia boundaries makes it increasingly likely that the districts won’t be settled by the start of the petitioning period for minor party and independent candidates for U.S. House. In that event, under several Georgia precedents, the state will be required to cut the number of signatures.