Texas’ state Senate maps were finalized this week, but the protracted court battle has left state House and congressional districts without boundaries. And as Andy Uhler of KUT News reports, the district-line confusion is costing some candidates time and money.
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The Never-Ending Story
There is a date for primary elections, but it’s uncertain. And there is one redistricting map done, with two to go. And for what it’s worth, the judges seem to be in a hurry.
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State Government
Redistricting Lawyers Agree on Senate Maps
UPDATED: Election officials were told to prepare for a possible May 29 primary, as redistricting foes reached agreement on a map for Texas Senate elections this afternoon and continued talks on state House and congressional maps.
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State Government
Redistricting Experts Struggling to Set Maps
UPDATED: April primaries are all but impossible for the state’s election administrators, a Bexar County elections official said today, as an agreement on political maps remains elusive.
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State Government
Crunch Time: Judges Want New Maps Quickly
The state’s political mapmakers will be back in court this morning, trying to produce maps in time for April primaries.
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State Government
With Redistricting, It’s Inside Baseball, Football
Some of redistricting is about getting a good seat in the office. Some is about getting good seats when you’re not at the office.
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Energy
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aguilar on an environmental battle in South Texas, Galbraith on the impact of the drought, Grissom on the latest in the Michael Morton case, Hamilton and Theobald on plans for greater scrutiny of faculty performance, Murphy on Rick Perry’s campaign donors and expenditures, Ramsey on where we stand on redistricting, Ramshaw on the intense interest in stem cell rules, Root on a congressman’s controversial pipeline holdings, M. Smith on the backlash against student testing and Tan on the fight for a new medical school in Austin: The best of our best content from February 6-10, 2012.
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State Government
Redistricting Judges to Lawyers: Get to Work
Federal judges told redistricting lawyers Friday afternoon to redouble their efforts to reach a quick settlement — by next week — on interim political maps for the state’s congressional and legislative elections.
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Slow Redistricting Curbs Clout of Texas Primary
Pushing the state’s primaries from March back to April (or further) could cheat Texas voters out of a rare chance to choose the next nominee for president.
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Uncharted, Still
Start here: The judges in charge of the redistricting case in Texas haven’t rejected the maps proposed by the state and agreed to by some but not all of the plaintiffs. They simply observed that no deal has been made to satisfy everyone and told everyone to keep talking and get ready for a hearing next week.
