In South Carolina, the Herald Online reports the redistricting deadline now appears to be August 1; otherwise federal judges will need to draw the new districts.

"Legislative leaders say a compromise map for the state's seven congressional districts must be completed by the end of August to avoid a panel of federal judges stepping in and doing the job.

That has put leaders and legislative staff into overdrive, trying to tweak proposed congressional maps for the Greenville and greater Charleston areas while also building support for a new 7th Congressional District, centered in Horry County and including the Pee Dee region.

Having failed to pass a redistricting plan last week, legislators will return to Columbia July 26 for another shot."