"The circumstances and effect of the enacted plan were mean-spirited and egregious given that there was absolutely no reason to make major changes to Precinct 3," the court held...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Supreme Court declines to intervene in Voting Rights Act challenge to Texas county map over objections from liberals | CNN Politics
US District Court Judge Jeffrey Vincent Brown held that the initial maps were "fundamentally inconsistent" with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. He said the maps were "stark and jarring" and that they transformed Precinct 3 from one with the highest percentage of Black and Latino residents to that with the "lowest percentage."
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