A San Antonio-based panel of judges ordered the state’s maps should remain unchanged despite outstanding issues with House District 90, which the U.S. Supreme Court said was illegally drawn.
Texas Voting Rights
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Texas won its redistricting fight at the Supreme Court. Now it hopes to use that win to wrap up its voter ID suit.
In light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling over the state’s political maps, Texas is now trying to eliminate the possibility of a return to federal oversight of its election laws as part of the case against the state’s voter ID law.
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U.S. Supreme Court rules Texas lawmakers did not intentionally discriminate in drawing political maps
The court also upheld 10 of 11 districts that had been flagged as problematic.
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Appeals court temporarily blocks online voter registration for Texas drivers
A federal judge had set a 45-day deadline for Texas to implement its first system of online voter registration.
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Texas appeals after a judge orders the state to implement online voter registration for drivers
Activists hope the case will open the door to broader online voter registration in the future.