JACKSON (AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker is asking a judge to dismiss a Republican colleague’s lawsuit about Mississippi’s initiative process.

The outcome could affect the effort by Sen. Joey Fillingane of Sumrall to gather signatures for a voter-identification issue he wants to put on statewide ballots.

Fillingane is asking a Hinds County chancery judge to clarify whether the signatures should come from Mississippi’s five former U.S. House districts or the four current ones.

Rep. Credell Calhoun of Jackson filed papers this week seeking to block Fillingane’s request for a court ruling.

A hearing is set for May 11.

Calhoun says Fillingane had a chance to pass a voter ID bill this year but instead voted to kill it in a committee.