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

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 dispute that prevent this Court from entering declaratory judgment that the three redistricting plans meet the requirements of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

 

Here’s a link to a PDF version of the full ruling from the D.C. District Court.

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