![]() Offices from their strongest fundraising bases. Was done to predominantly black districts, cutting off representatives’ In the case of the new electoral map, a panel of federal judges found that “substantial surgery” Still, Texas filed anĪmicus brief with the Supreme Court over the Voting Rights Act caseĬomplaining that the DOJ had used “abusive and heavy-handed tactics” to thwart the state’s attempts at voter suppression. ![]() The state’s fast-growing minority communities. Voter ID law and the redistricting map would disproportionately target Federal courts agreed that both the strict In 2012, the Justice Department blocked these measures under Section 5 Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued a statement declaring that both measures may go into effect immediately, now that there is no law stopping them from discriminating against minorities. Texas is already advancing a voter ID law and a redistricting mapīlocked last year for discriminating against black and Latino residents. ![]() Just two hours after the Supreme Court reasoned that discrimination is not rampant enough in Southern states to warrant restrictions under the Voting Rights Act, ![]() On Wednesday, the Supreme Court made decisions to lifted some regulations of the Voting Rights Act and Texas immediately start moving on new laws that discriminate against minority voters. ![]()
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