[Source](https://thepostmillennial.com/gop-reps-in-blue-states-introduce-legislation-to-ban-mid-decade-redistricting) > California's GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley and New York's Mike Lawler have both introduced independent legislation to prevent mid-decade redistricting in their states. Texas is currently engaged in a partisan fight among state lawmakers over redistricting, which has caused governors in both New York and California to threaten redistricting as well as a means to decrease GOP representation. > "I am introducing legislation in Congress to stop Newsom's corrupt scheme to overthrow our Citizens Redistricting Commission and make California a permanent one-party state," said Kiley. > "My bill prohibits congressional districts from being redrawn in the middle of the decade. This is already the law in California under our State Constitution," Kiley went on, "which provides that redistricting is done once a decade by an Independent Commission. But Newsom is planning to blow all of this up so he can impose his own partisan map on voters before the next election. > "Fortunately, Congress has the ability to protect California voters using its authority under the Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution. This will also stop a damaging redistricting war from breaking out across the country," he said.