Legislators, secretary of state go to court over redistricting They seek more time due to census delays; Republicans renew push for independent panel. Oregon lawmakers and the secretary of state outlined their next steps on the redrawing of legislative and congressional district lines, even though census-block data critical to the process will not be available for six more months. Meanwhile, some Republican lawmakers and others have called for an independent commission to do the redrawing, although it would take a statewide vote to change the state constitutional requirements for legislative redistricting. The pandemic-related delay in data by the U.S. Census Bureau has prompted legislative leaders, the redistricting committees and Secretary of State Shemia Fagan to present official requests to the Oregon Supreme Court, which is the final arbiter of both plans.