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Attorneys for the Mexican American Legislative Caucus took their latest challenge to Texas’s new political maps to the state’s high court. They argue lawmakers violated the Texas Constitution when drawing state house districts in the Rio Grande Valley.
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Texas Democrats and Republicans have wrestled for control of state Senate District 10 for over a decade. However, a redistricted map that drew seven rural counties into a district that previously only covered Tarrant might change that.
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Texas violated voting rights law during redistricting, retiring state GOP senator says in sworn court statement.
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Arlington's new city council districts give slightly more voting power to voters of color, but NAACP and LULAC leaders said they do not reflect its diverse communities.
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Texas lawmakers illegally discriminated against voters of color by drawing new political districts that give white voters more political power despite rapid growth of Hispanic and Black populations, the department claims in its lawsuit.
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Elected leaders at the county, city and school board level have largely avoided the scrutiny targeted at Republicans in the state legislature earlier this year when they drew state and federal lines to overwhelmingly favor white Texans. But the stakes are high in the fight over local district boundaries as well.
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Political observers say the state's growing Latino population is why more education efforts are needed to help Latinos understand how redistricting affects their vote.
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The Mexican American Legislative Caucus is arguing that the new state House map violates the Texas Constitution. The lawsuit follows two legal challenges to the state’s new maps previously filed in federal court.
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The U.S. Senate could consider the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act as soon as this week. Last week, Senate Republicans blocked the Freedom To Vote Act, a different election-related bill.
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Most elections, experts warn, could be over during primaries — which means fewer voters will be choosing candidates.
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The 2020 census shows overall growth in Dallas’ population and in the majority of its council districts. Now, the city is looking at district lines to review if they are evenly divided by population.
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While Democrats hold firm in their accusations of racial gerrymandering, Republicans passed a map reallocating Texas’ seats in the U.S. House. A court challenge is likely ahead.