A group trying to overturn Missouri’s new congressional maps went to court Thursday, suing the state for rejecting its initial efforts and for saying it won’t count thousands of signatures already collected.

But the hearing was delayed after a Republican-backed group successfully joined the case and requested a new judge. That’s after Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green pushed back the hearing due to illness last week.

Since being passed in September, Missouri’s new congressional maps have been the subject of multiple lawsuits . The mid-decade redistricting was supported by President Donald Trump and with Trump's explicit desire to give Republicans an advantage in keeping control of the U.S. House.

Before the bill was signed, one group opposing the new map, calling themselves

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