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Voting Rights Act, Texas and partisan maps

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Houston Public Media · 5d
U.S. Supreme Court weakens key pillar of Voting Rights Act, opening door for Texas to redraw political maps
The U.S. Supreme Court weakened but did not eliminate a key provision of the Voting Rights Act on Wednesday, making it harder to bring voter discrimination claims against electoral maps while stopping...

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The Texas Tribune on MSN · 14h
How the Voting Rights Act reshaped Texas’ electoral maps by empowering voters, candidates of color
 · 6d · on MSN
Supreme Court clears Texas to use new, GOP-favored congressional map
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How Redistricting and the Supreme Court Have Cut Voters Out of US House Races
The number of competitive U.S. House of Representatives districts in this fall’s midterm elections was ⁠already near ⁠historic lows before the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Wednesday opened ⁠the do...

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How the SCOTUS voting rights ruling could affect Congress, according to Eric Holder
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Supreme Court ruling escalates redistricting wars across Southern states
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A Supreme Court Victory Over Racial Division
It will discourage the creation of districts where politicians pander to a particular racial group.

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Clarence Page: The Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling will promote corrupt electoral maps
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'If You Can Keep It': The Supreme Court And The Voting Rights Act
KUT
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US Supreme Court allows Texas’ newest congressional map to stand, nullifying claims of racial gerrymandering

The court issued a decision Monday morning allowing Texas to use the controversial congressional maps that were drawn last summer. The order reverses a lower court ruling that could have led to the maps being thrown out.
AOL
8mon

Texas’s New Map Is Racial Division by Another Name

I represent the people of El Paso, Texas in the state legislature, a west Texas district that is a 14-hour drive away from the Louisiana border. Yet, data from the Texas Legislative Council indicates that the congressional lines Republicans are rushing ...
Houston Public Media
5mon

Texas Republicans claim victory in Supreme Court ruling allowing congressional map to go into effect

Texas’ top Republicans and Democrats were swift to issue praise and condemnation after Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing the state to use its controversial new congressional map in the 2026 midterm elections. The map was passed this ...
KSL
8mon

Texas Republicans approve Trump-backed congressional map to protect party's majority

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers on Wednesday passed a new congressional district map intended to flip five Democratic-held U.S. House seats to Republican control in next year's midterm elections, a key step in an increasingly acrimonious partisan battle ...
FOX 5 Atlanta
5mon

SCOTUS will allow Texas to use redrawn congressional map for 2026 election

The U.S. Supreme Court will allow Texas to use its new congressional map for the 2026 elections. The ruling sides with Gov. Greg Abbott in a challenge claiming the map discriminates against Latino voters. The decision is temporary and does not end the ...
3don MSN

Texas Democrats react as SCOTUS upholds redrawn congressional map

The Supreme Court approved Texas's redrawn congressional map, sparking outrage from Democrats who call it 'racist.'
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