Supreme Court voting rights ruling enables Texas Republicans to redraw more partisan maps

Last summer, Texas lawmakers redrew the state’s congressional map to add more GOP seats. The unusual mid-decade redistricting effort prompted some Republican lawmakers to dream even bigger. “When the U.S. Supreme Court rules in the Louisiana v. Callais case that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional, Texas will take up redistricting again […] The post Supreme Court voting rights ruling enables Texas Republicans to redraw more partisan maps appeared first on San Antonio Current.