WASHINGTON (AP) — The Division of Justice sued Texas over new redistricting maps Monday, saying the plans discriminate in opposition to voters within the state’s booming Latino and Black populations.
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The lawsuit, filed within the Western District of Texas, claims the state violates a part of the Voting Rights Act. The lawsuit notes that the overwhelming majority of Texas’ inhabitants progress over the previous decade got here from Black, Latino and Asian folks, however the brand new maps that state Republicans drew doesn’t give any of those communities new alternatives to decide on their very own representatives.
As an alternative, the maps pack Black and Latino communities into bizarre-shaped districts — a Dallas-area one is known as a “seahorse” form — whereas preserving secure seats for white Republicans.
