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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected a Democratic lawsuit seeking to throw out the battleground state’s congressional maps. The court on Friday said it would not hear the case that was filed in January by a group of Democratic voters.

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor, Tony Evers, has signed new legislative district maps into law that he proposed and that the Republicans who control the Legislature passed to avoid having the liberal-leaning state Supreme Court draw the lines.

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a redistricting proposal that the Republican-controlled Legislature passed last week in a last-ditch effort to avert the drawing of legislative boundaries by the state Supreme Court.

During oral arguments Tuesday, conservative justices sharply questioned the timing of the redistricting challenge, while liberals focused on the constitutionality of the current maps and the process for adopting new ones.

Democratic voters hoping to undo Republican-drawn Wisconsin legislative district maps are telling the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court that it should draw new maps by March.

A lawsuit filed with Wisconsin’s newly liberal-controlled state Supreme Court argues that Republican-drawn legislative maps are unconstitutional and must be redone.

The state high court previously chose Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' legislative maps, but the decision was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, which held the state court did not provide enough justification a new Black-majority assembly district called for in Evers' plan was necessary.

The court reversed itself Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court in March said Evers' maps were incorrectly adopted.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is deciding the future political boundaries of Congressional, Senate, and Assembly districts in the state.In November, it said it would take a “least-changed" approach, meaning it will try to stick as closely to the maps in place for the last 10 years while adjusting for population changes.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision to make few changes when redrawing the state's voting maps is raising concerns new districts may not adequately represent the growing number of Hispanic and Latinx voters.