TEXAS REDISTRICTING
Updates and News about the 2011 Redistricting Cycle in the Lone Star State.
This website's goal is to try to make sure the redistricting process 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.
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One more detail from today’s pre-trial conference.
In response to questioning from the San Antonio panel about what would happen if the state’s redistricting maps aren’t precleared by the three-judge panel in Washington, Assistant Attorney General David Mattax told the panel it would be charged with drawing the maps the state would use for next year’s elections.
While Mattax said it was theoretically possible for the Legislature to draw the maps, that was impracticable. Not only would Governor Perry have to call a special session but then any map passed by the Legislature would need to be submitted for pre-clearance (a 60-day process at best).
Mattax said this was all but impossible in light of election deadlines.
