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Senators stand for a vote against Democratic Sen. Hob Bryan's motion to bring up another vote on the chamber's redistricting map Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Bryan's motion failed leaving the House and Senate at a stalemate. Democratic House Speaker Billy McCoy says he won't negotiate because the Senate rejected his chamber's map and the Mississippi NAACP has filed a lawsuit seeking court intervention. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves said in court papers Monday that before became a judge, he joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as a lifetime member.
The Mississippi NAACP filed suit last month seeking to block this year's legislative elections in the current but outdated districts. The suit argues that because some districts have many more residents than others that the map violates the constitutional principle of one-person, one-vote.
The suit was first assigned to U.S. District Judge Dan Jordan, but he recused himself because one of his relatives is running for the Legislature and could be affected by redistricting.
The case was assigned Tuesday to U.S. District Judge Tom Lee.
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