TEXAS REDISTRICTING & ELECTION LAW

And here is the State of Texas’ proposed map process.

The state proposes that the court defer any action on remedial maps until July to allow the Supreme Court to rule both on Shelby County and on the state’s appeal of the D.C. court’s redistricting ruling.  

Under the state’s proposal, the parties would jointly submit map proposals on July 8, 2013, with response briefs due July 15.

The court would then hold map hearings in late July and issue a ruling on remedial maps by August 30.

The state, however, used its advisory to stress at some length its view that no map changes were needed since “the court-drawn interim plans address every legal infirmity identified by the D.C. court’s ruling.”

Nonetheless, the state told the court any map changes would need to be in place by September 16 unless changes again were made to the Texas Election Schedule.