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Illegal voting maps were used in some states in 2022. This legal idea allowed them

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The U.S. Supreme Court has used a vague legal idea known as the "Purcell principle" to justify delaying the redrawing of voting maps, which has forced some elections to use voting districts that lower courts found to be illegally drawn. (Mariam Zuhaib/AP)
The U.S. Supreme Court has used a vague legal idea known as the "Purcell principle" to justify delaying the redrawing of voting maps, which has forced some elections to use voting districts that lower courts found to be illegally drawn. (Mariam Zuhaib/AP)

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