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U.S. District Court Rejects Texas Redistricting Maps Drawn by Legislature

Cole Shooter — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:36:25 +0000

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that state prosecutors failed to show that the lawmakers did not draw the maps “without discriminatory purposes.

Update: Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Approves Interim Election Maps

Cole Shooter — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:59:14 +0000

Abbott says the maps should allow the court enough time to finalize the interim redistricting maps in time to have elections in April.

Greg Abbott Asks D.C. Federal Court to Approve Voter ID Law

Cole Shooter — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:22:20 +0000

The Texas Attorney General is asking a federal court to approve the Texas voter identification law. The Texas voter identification law, passed by the Texas Legislature in 2011, requires voters to show government-issued photo identification in order to vote. For those that do not already have photo identification, a voter identification card is available free [...]

U.S. Supreme Court Throws Out Court-Drawn Electoral Maps

Cole Shooter — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:40:26 +0000

In their decision, the court found it unclear if the district court followed proper procedure, and states that the panel did not follow the basic guidelines set forth by the Legislature-drawn maps.

Supreme Court Hears Texas Redistricting Case

Cole Shooter — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:36:04 +0000

There is uncertainty about whether or not primary elections can take place in early April as originally scheduled.

Supreme Court Halts Use of Court-Drawn Legislative Maps

Cole Shooter — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:49:58 +0000

The maps created by the San Antonio-based court heavily modified the original maps created by the Texas Legislature.

Texas Political Leaders Pleased About Supreme Court Hearing on Obamacare

Cole Shooter — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:03:40 +0000

The Supreme Court of the United States has scheduled five and a half hours of argument to hear multiple aspects of the Federal Health Care Reform Law.