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Metro councilmembers, including Zulfat Suara and Sandra Sepulveda, meet with Metro Director of Legislative Affairs Mike Jameson at a special redistricting meeting earlier this month.

Nashville voters, Metro Council candidates and current Metro councilmembers are joining the legal challenge of the new state law that requires the Metro Council to be cut in half.

The plaintiffs in the new suit, filed Tuesday in Davidson County Chancery Court, request that their challenge be assigned to the same three-judge panel tasked with considering the Metro government’s earlier suit related to the legislation. The plaintiffs in the new suit are Zulfat Suara, Delishia Porterfield and Sandra Sepulveda, all Metro councilmembers currently seeking reelection; religious leaders Davie Tucker and Judy Cummings; Dave Goetz, a former leader of the Tennessee Department of Finance and the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce; Alma Sanford, a community member; and Quin Segall, a candidate for Metro Council. All note that they are Nashville voters.