3 North Texas voters have already filed a lawsuit against the state and a bunch of others. They allege that it is unfair that counting illegal immigrants has an illegal effect on voters in districts with smaller numbers of non citizens.
“The logic goes this way: If two districts have the same populations and one has more non-citizens than the other, it takes fewer voters in that district to swing an election.”
This lawsuit is going to be the platform for legal fights against Legislatures map-making efforts.
I think that is going to be one of those issues that is going to be held up in court, because it will be the first of many that are going to file a lawsuit.
Lawmakers haven’t started seriously drawing lines. The Census Bureau will drop population numbers next week.
I think that this is worth reading because redistricting affects everyone. If we do redistricting just to make sure that one side wins, it doesn't help anyone. We need to make sure that lawmakers do what is right for everyone, not what is right for one person.
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