Texas House map must be redrawn, federal court says

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Parts of the Texas House map must be redrawn ahead of the 2018 elections because lawmakers intentionally discriminated against minorities in crafting several legislative districts, federal judges ruled on Thursday.

A three-judge panel in San Antonio unanimously ruled that Texas must address violations that could affect the configuration of House districts in four counties, where lawmakers diluted the strength of voters of color. In some cases, the court found mapdrawers intentionally undercut minority voting power "to ensure Anglo control" of legislative districts.

These are the nine districts the court flagged:

Dallas County’s HD 103, represented by Democrat Rafael Anchia, HD 104, represented by Democrat Roberto Alonzo and HD 105, represented by Republican Rodney Anderson

Nueces County’s HD 32, represented by Republican Todd Hunter, and HD 34, represented by Democrat Abel Herrero

Bell County’s HD 54, represented by Republican Scott Cosper, and HD 55, represented by Republican Hugh Shine

Tarrant County’s HD 90, represented by Democrat Ramon Romero, and HD 93 represented by Matt Krause.

Adjusting those boundaries could have a ripple effect on other races.

The 83-page decision was the latest twist in a six-year-legal battle. The judges had already ruled that the Texas Legislature intentionally sought to weaken the strength of Latino and black voters while drawing the House map in 2011.

https://www.texastribune.org/2017/08/24/federal-court-ruling-texas-house-map/

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The Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act. What Happened Next in These 8 States Will Not Shock You.

When his court weakened the civil-rights-era law last year,

Chief Justice Roberts wrote that ”our country has changed.” :lol

We crunched the numbers. He was wrong.

The 1965 law required that lawmakers in states with a history of discriminating against minority voters (http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/sec_5/about.php) get federal permission before changing voting rules.

Now that the Supreme Court has invalidated this requirement, GOP lawmakers across the United States are running buck wild with new voting restrictions.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/republican-voting-rights-supreme-court-id/

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A Court Strikes Down Texas's Voter ID Law For the Fifth Time :lol

By finding legislators intentionally discriminated, the ruling could put state elections laws back under control of the Department of Justice.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/a-court-strikes-down-texass-voter-id-law-for-the-fifth-time/537792/

Repugs are racists, are voted into office to be racists, racism was the biggest vote getter for Trash, Repug can only win by counting fraud, cheating.

Repugs nationwide refuse to upgrade voting machine to modern, secure standards with paper trail, so they can keep the counting fraud scam going.