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.li@nyu.edu, 646-292-8360.
Have questions, comments, suggestions, additional content, or a redistricting joke (or two)? Feel free to contact me:
Michael Li,
michael.li@nyu.edu, 646-292-8360.
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The Justice Department filed papers with the San Antonio court this evening laying out how it says the court should apply section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to Texas.
Although the DOJ is not a party to the San Antonio case, the paper told the San Antonio court that “Congress gave the Attorney General broad authority to enforce Section 2” and that “[a]ccordingly, the United States has a strong interest in ensuring that Section 2 of the Act is properly interpreted and that it is vigorously and uniformly enforced.”
In its paper, DOJ makes three principal points:
- CD-23 is not an effective Hispanic opportunity district under the state’s map (Plan C185) but could be made one with"relatively minor adjustments.“
- Hispanic voters are proportionately underrepresented in Plan C185.
- Case law allows a minority opportunity district to be created by aggregating African-American and Hispanic voters.
Here’s the DOJ’s position paper:
