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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Federal court finds Texas gerrymandered maps on racial lines

A federal court has dealt Texas another loss over voting rights, finding that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the electoral influence of the state's booming minority population.

The ruling late Friday by a three-judge panel in San Antonio gave Democrats hope of new voting maps that could give them more seats in Congress. But the 2-1 decision didn't mandate an immediate fix and Texas could appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Grid. It's the only fair way to do it. Each rectangle has an equal number of people in it.

Anonymous said...

Sounds like MD

Anonymous said...

Yep, and Maryland did it the same way. To make sure Annapolis stayed blue.
So, where's the Fed court ruling for Maryland?