Texas Democrats Take On Partisan Voting Maps, After Supreme Court Punts The Issue

The court did not invalidate voting districts drawn by Republicans to give their candidates a political advantage. Democrats say that’s unfair.

By Ashley LopezJuly 10, 2018 9:30 am, , ,

From KUT:

Texas Democrats are campaigning on the issue of how lawmakers draw political maps ahead of the 2018 elections. They say partisan gerrymandering is solely a state issue right now, because the U.S. Supreme Court didn’t rule this term on whether the practice is legal.

Partisan gerrymandering is when lawmakers draw up political districts to favor one party over the other. In Texas, Democrats have spent the last several years in court fighting maps they say overtly hurt Democratic voters. The Supreme Court, however, decided not to hear the state’s gerrymandering case.

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