Redistricting Judges Tell Lawyers to Negotiate Maps
Updated at 6:20 p.m.
The judges ended the day by telling the lawyers that if there isn't an agreement on the maps by Feb. 6, "there won't be an Apr. 3 election." They also set aside the deadlines that were in earlier orders, including a Feb. 1 date for filing candidate papers with political parties. They'll set a new deadline when they have maps. "It's our preference to try to get a map," Judge Orlando Garcia told the roomful of attorneys. "But we must deal with reality."
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Jay Drayer via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Well put..
Jose B. Gonzalez via Texas Tribune on Facebook
What a mess!!
jimrtex
Go with the presidential, senatorial, 8 other statewide races, SBOE, appellate judicial, district judicial, and 100s of county races on April 3. Have the runoff on June 5, which would likely include statewide senatorial runoffs for both parties, and a smattering of local races.
If the congressional and legislative districts boundaries are available by late March, these 3 races can be added to the June 5 ballot. Based on current filings, 36% of these races have NO candidates. 42% have only one candidate - and it would take a simple court order to declare the sole candidate to be nominated.
Only 22% of congressional and legislative races have 2 or more candidates. So rather than adding 3 races to the senate runoff ballot, in many areas there will be NO additional races. In other areas, particularly Republican areas, there may be 2 or 3.
There are potentially runoffs in about 10% of races, but based on past elections, this will be closer to 5%. So about 20 congressional runoffs would be needed some time in early August. Most of these will be house races, and restricted to a single district. These are really the only elections that are added.
The parties and candidates will have lists of voters who voted in the April (presidential) primary. If they were proactive, the parties would send a mailer to those voters, urging them to vote in the senatorial runoff, and any congressional or legislative primaries that the voters could vote for. You can be sure that any candidate will be concentrating on these voters.
Mike Openshaw via Texas Tribune on Facebook
A mess of the court's making. Instead of waiting to see is the legislative maps would pre-clear. the San Antonio court too the unprecedented step of redoing the maps BEFORE that was determined. The delay is all on the 3 judges and the Democrats trying to salvage their Anglo incumbents.
Colin Strother via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Perry's telling Newt "hang on until Texas"...I don't think Perry can help quite as much as he thinks.
John Byers
San Antonio is a liberal democrat as they come why do you think the hold this up. I say all of the voting to go on, but don't allow san antonio to vote, in either the primary or national elections
gypsy314 ne
Like i said liberals will do anything to help Obama even cheating the Texas voters from voting in the republican primary's. I say sue the pants off the judges and the folks playing games with our elections.
I know it will work it self out in the wash but at what cost is the big question.
Anyone but Obama!
Remember a vote for a democrat is a vote for Obama and illegal aliens , homosexuals and terrorist.
Sam Tejas via Texas Tribune on Facebook
sam tejas for texas state senator.samtexas10@hotmail.com from houston texas district seven
James E Mcnamara via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I thought redistricting was about fair distribution of representation--not democratic or republican representation. Who warped this goal? The situation is proof that human beings never really grow up. Its resolution might as well be in the hand of bunch of sand box kindergarteners.