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High court throws out Texas election map [View all]
The Supreme Court has thrown out electoral maps drawn by federal judges in Texas that favored minorities. The unsigned opinion Friday left the fate of Texas' April primaries unclear.
The justices ordered the three-judge court in San Antonio to come up with new plans, but did not compel the use of maps created by Texas' Republican-dominated state legislature. Only Justice Clarence Thomas said he would have gone that far
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/High-court-throws-out-Texas-election-map-2643814.php
The justices ordered the three-judge court in San Antonio to come up with new plans, but did not compel the use of maps created by Texas' Republican-dominated state legislature. Only Justice Clarence Thomas said he would have gone that far
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/High-court-throws-out-Texas-election-map-2643814.php
Link to PDF of decision here: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/us/20120121-texas.pdf
We have no idea when we're going to be having our primaries now. Or who is going to be running for which ever offices exist when all this is over.
VWM (Voting While Minority) may not be an official crime in Texas, but it is highly discouraged.
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