Civil rights groups file lawsuit to halt new Texas map
The NAACP and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a lawsuit on Tuesday alleging that a new congressional map passed in Texas violates the Voting Rights Act.
The lawsuit alleges that Texas racially gerrymandered their map in such a way that it blocks Black voters from being able to elect their picks for office.
Texas Republicans passed a new congressional map in the state Legislature this month, which could potentially give their party five pickup opportunities in the House ahead of 2026. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has not signed the maps into law but is expected to do so soon.
Democrats have criticized Texas Republicans for making an already GOP-favored House map tilt further toward Republicans, arguing it breaks up communities of interest and that Republicans are bending a knee to President Trump and the White House over their push to do mid-decade redistricting.
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