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TEXAS REDISTRICTING & ELECTION LAW

Updates about ongoing redistricting litigation in the Lone Star State and coverage of election law more generally. This website's goal is to try to make sure the redistricting process and litigation over voting law is as transparent and accessible as possible to the public. Hopefully, it will be of some use to a broad range of interested parties, both lawyers and non-lawyers. Have questions, comments, suggestions, additional content, or a redistricting joke (or two)? Feel free to contact me: Michael Li, michael@beonetexas.com, 214.675.6879. You also can follow me on Twitter: @mcpli

Updated list of proposed interim plans

Here’s the latest list of proposed interim plans. The San Antonio panel takes up the plans on Monday, October 31, with hearings to resume on Thursday, November 3, after a two-day break to accommodate the summary judgment hearing in the preclearance case in Washington.

[Further updated: 11/19/2011 to reflect endorsement of Plan C218 by the three African-American members of Congress.]

Congressional

Davis/Veasey: C204, C205

LULAC (DFW Metroplex only): C206, C207

LULAC (statewide): C208, C214, C218

MALC: C211

NAACP/African-American members of Congress: C193 (NAACP also supports LULAC’s Plan C218)

Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force: C213

Travis Co. plaintiffs: C166

Congressman Canseco (amicus): C209, C212

Congressman Cuellar bipartisan plan: C216

Congressman Green, Congresswomen Lee and Johnson: C218

~~Justice Department: C219 (partial plan)~~ [Submitted for section 2 analysis only, not as interim proposal]

State House

MALC: H295

NAACP: H202, H214

Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force: H292

Perez (Dutton) plaintiffs: H296, H297

State Senate

Davis/Veasey: S156

LULAC: ~~S155, S157,~~ S158, S159

Davis/LULAC: S160

All proposed interim maps can be found at http://gis1.tlc.state.tx.us. To view a map, click on ‘select plans’ and then ‘base plan.’ The congressional and state house plans are filed underExhibits in Perez v. Perry, and state senate plans can be found under Exhibits in Davis v. Perry.