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TexasTowelie

(112,417 posts)
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 09:56 AM Apr 2017

New Texas Redistricting Maps Will Likely Be Drawn This Summer

By the end of this summer Texas could have new voting maps for Congressional and State House districts.

A three-judge federal panel in San Antonio could set a summer trial date as early as Monday.

The three federal judges – two Republicans and one Democrat- want final election maps to be ready in time for 2018 statewide and congressional elections.

For that to happen election boundaries must be decided soon which is why the judges told attorneys to get ready for a trial as early as July.

Read more: http://tpr.org/post/new-texas-redistricting-maps-will-likely-be-drawn-summer

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New Texas Redistricting Maps Will Likely Be Drawn This Summer (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2017 OP
Get ready for more districts that resemble slivers and splotches! dubyadiprecession Apr 2017 #1
Depends on the judges. flamin lib Apr 2017 #2

dubyadiprecession

(5,722 posts)
1. Get ready for more districts that resemble slivers and splotches!
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 10:24 AM
Apr 2017

Those two republican Judges are more like Jackson Pollock painters!

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
2. Depends on the judges.
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 11:50 AM
Apr 2017

Judges in Texas are elected by party and you pretty much need an R by your name to win. I've known a few really liberal "republican" judges . . .

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