TEXAS REDISTRICTING & ELECTION LAW
![OHRVS? It stands for ‘Optimal Hispanic Republican Voting Strength,’ as revealed in an email from Eric Opiela, counsel for the GOP congressional delegation, to mapdrawer Gerardo Interiano.
Opiela explains in the email that the metric is used with districts as a means to “pull the district’s Total Hispanic Pop and Hispanic CVAPs [citizen voting age population] up to majority status but leave the Spanish Surname RV [registered voters] and TO [turnout] the lowest.”
The email was released this week as part of the preclearance litigation in Washington. Minority groups contend that the email shows that Texas Republicans intentionally tried to diminish the ability of Hispanics to elect their candidates of choice by creating illusory ability-to-elect districts.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly2f29RQz41qkkalko1_500.jpg)
OHRVS? It stands for ‘Optimal Hispanic Republican Voting Strength,’ as revealed in an email from Eric Opiela, counsel for the GOP congressional delegation, to mapdrawer Gerardo Interiano.
Opiela explains in the email that the metric is used with districts as a means to “pull the district’s Total Hispanic Pop and Hispanic CVAPs [citizen voting age population] up to majority status but leave the Spanish Surname RV [registered voters] and TO [turnout] the lowest.”
The email was released this week as part of the preclearance litigation in Washington. Minority groups contend that the email shows that Texas Republicans intentionally tried to diminish the ability of Hispanics to elect their candidates of choice by creating illusory ability-to-elect districts.
