Texas Seeks Clearance for Political Maps
Texas bypassed the Obama administration's Department of Justice on Tuesday, opting to ask a panel of federal judges in Washington, D.C., to review the state's new maps for congressional, legislative and State Board of Education districts.
Attorney General Greg Abbott asked the federal courts to review the new political maps for compliance with Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Here's a link to his filing.
"The state's redistricting plans have neither the purpose nor will they have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race, color, or membership ...
Comments (7)
Mary V. Huse via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Why are the districts being changed??
Stella Lakejumper
This dog believes that not lying is nowhere close to being honest. Of course, we, the people, not we the parties, would like and vote for a wee bit more of that. But intentions aside, I'm thinking race, color, and everything except stupid politicians are going look at gerrymandering as nothing more than theft, regardless of which party has the power to be ..... Not honest. Arf!!
Jose B. Gonzalez via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Dirty politics at its worst. Those new maps are simply SHAMEFUL... Decent GOP voters should be appalled that their party gas succumbed to these low dirty tactics...
John Lyon via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Denying the right to vote is not the issue. The issue is denying the right to choose representation. These districts have been drawn so the voters only get a simple Soviet style up or down vote on the representative the lege, or the primary voters, have selected for us.
Trish Taylor via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I am being discriminated against, not because of race, color, or membership in a language minority, but it's discrimination just the same.
WingRight via Texas Tribune on Facebook
@John Lyon, vote in the Primary. We know that the new US AG has shown a willingness to discriminate according to race creed, and color - witness the dumping of charges against illegal aliens and the New Black Panther Party, and the whistleblowers at the hearings on Holder's DOJ.
Jim Vance
...and why am I thinking it overwhelmingly likely that the majority of judges on this panel were appointed by past Republican administrations?
Just a native Texan cynic, I suppose....