A three judge panel has thrown out the Georgia State House and Senate districts as violating the equal protection clause [Disclosure: I haven't yet read the decision, but read the Atlanta Journal -- so don't take the reasoning as gospel].

The judges gave the General Assembly a deadline of March 1, 2004, to redraw the districts.

The rumor circulating is that the State House will concede the Senate to the Republicans and each chamber will draw its own lines.

Erick Erickson
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Sell & Melton, LLP
Macon, Georgia