Election 2012

U.S. District Court Denies Pre-Clearance to Texas Redistricting Map

November 8, 2011
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Here’s the relevant language from today’s ruling: Having carefully considered the entire record and the parties’ arguments, the Court finds and concludes that the State of Texas used an improper standard or methodology to determine which districts afford minority voters the ability to elect their preferred candidates of choice and that there are material issues of fact in [...]

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