After tense questioning from some Democrats, the map passed 12-10, with every Democrat on the committee opposing. The legislature has until Oct. 30 to finalize a map before the U.S. District Court redraws the districts. Joe Lindsey in particular pressed Jones on how a remedial map could be drawn without considering racial data. That map targeted five Republican-held seats and was called “gerrymandering in response to gerrymandering” by Heretick. Mark Sickles, D-Alexandria, said he thought the Democrats’ map did a better job of correcting the gerrymandering, but either way, he wanted to remove legislators from the redistricting process.