TEXAS REDISTRICTING & ELECTION LAW

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African-American groups move to intervene in redistricting cases

The field keeps growing.

The NAACP, Texas Black Legislative Caucus, and Congresswomen Sheila Jackson Lee and Eddie Bernice Johnson have moved to intervene in the consolidated redistricting litigation currently pending in San Antonio.

All of the cases raise claims about the state’s new congressional redistricting plan. The NAACP and TBLC also are challenging the state’s new state house and state senate maps, arguing that additional minority districts could be created.

Here are copies of the parties’ motions and proposed complaints:

NAACP motion to intervene: http://tinyurl.com/44hgwvh

NAACP proposed complaint: http://tinyurl.com/3p87uxg

TBLC motion to intervene: http://tinyurl.com/3z2k3bx

TBLC proposed complaint: http://tinyurl.com/3sslpvh

Jackson Lee/Johnson motion to intervene:  http://tinyurl.com/4ycxvlk

Jackson Lee/Johnson proposed complaint: http://tinyurl.com/3c4nwsj

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