The NAACP and a lawyers’ civil rights group sued Texas, alleging the state’s new congressional map violates the Voting Rights Act.
The Voting Rights Act prohibits a practice known as “racial gerrymandering,” or the act of redistricting to dilute or concentrate the voting power of minority voters based on their race.
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) is expected to sign the map, which was passed by Texas Republicans in both chambers of the state legislature in an effort to garner five more Republican House seats. Democrats have furiously opposed the effort in the state and beyond.
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NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson believes it is “quite obvious” that the mid-decade redistricting effort is “racially motivated.”
“The state of Texas is only 40% white, but white voters control over 73%
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