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↵↵The filings were in response to an appeal from the state Republican Party and Republican state officials, who have asked the justices to set aside a 2-1 lower court decision that allowed the state to
↵↵Earlier this month, a 2-1 majority of a three-judge panel ruled against the challengers, finding the evidence of partisan motivations for the lines was "overwhelming" while evidence of gerrymandering
↵↵The 2-1 decision, written after the judges held a three-day evidentiary hearing, rejected claims that the new congressional lines gerrymandered in favor of the state's Hispanic and Latino communities
↵↵Thursday's order faulted a 2-1 panel of lower court judges for stepping in on the "eve" of next year's election to order the Lone Star State to use its prior congressional map from 2021.
↵↵Texas officials have appealed the 2-1 lower court ruling that found the state's map redrawn this year is an illegal racial gerrymander and forced the state to use its prior map drawn in 2021 after the
“The Court finds that race was the predominant factor motivating the General Assembly’s adoption of Congressional District No. 1,” the ruling said.
Voter advocates in the North Carolina case argued that Republicans would likely win 10 or 11 of the state’s 14 newly drawn congressional seats — in a state former President Donald Trump won by 1
The state has a March 1 primary and already faces half a dozen lawsuits over its new congressional map.
[Census: California, Northeast, Midwest lose House seats] The Urban Institute estimated a close to 1 percent net double count in Minnesota, contributing to the state keeping all of its House
Last year, based on data work done separately from the decennial count, the agency estimated between 330 and 335 million people lived in the United States as of April 1, 2020, the reference day for
Silver pointed to HR 1, a major voting and elections bill, as a potential solution to the problem of politically drawn maps.
Watch: The Many Ways to Draw a Gerrymander [jwp-video n=”1″] The 27th District, located in Central Texas and along the Gulf Coast, was recently vacated by Republican Rep.
The panel, in a 2-1 vote, found the Republican-controlled legislature enacted a plan that dilutes the voting strength of Democratic voters statewide, impeding their ability to translate their votes