Redistricting Roundup: Feb. 3

Texans must vote on temporary map ASAP.

Texas - If the Texas legislature and a coalition of minority groups cannot reach a compromise on temporary redistricting maps by Feb. 6, the state’s April 3 primary could be pushed into May or even later, The Associated Press reports. As a result, Texas will likely not have any influence in the selection of the Republican presidential nominee. This is the fourth straight decade that Texas has seen its redistricting maps contested in court. Minority groups say that the proposed lines are racially discriminatory. (Photo: Texas Legislative Council)

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Texas - If the Texas legislature and a coalition of minority groups cannot reach a compromise on temporary redistricting maps by Feb. 6, the state’s April 3 primary could be pushed into May or even later, The Associated Press reports. As a result, Texas will likely not have any influence in the selection of the Republican presidential nominee. This is the fourth straight decade that Texas has seen its redistricting maps contested in court. Minority groups say that the proposed lines are racially discriminatory. (Photo: Texas Legislative Council)

Florida - The Florida House passed redistricting maps Feb. 3 that opponents argue "pack large numbers of Democratic-voting minorities into a relatively small number of districts, leaving enough Republicans in surrounding districts to put them in the GOP column,” The Miami Herald reports. The maps include 12 Black-majority districts, three of which have African-American voting age populations of 30 percent to 50 percent. The Senate map includes three districts with a Black voting population of 30 percent and two with more than 50 percent.(Photo: Florida State Senate)

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Florida - The Florida House passed redistricting maps Feb. 3 that opponents argue "pack large numbers of Democratic-voting minorities into a relatively small number of districts, leaving enough Republicans in surrounding districts to put them in the GOP column,” The Miami Herald reports. The maps include 12 Black-majority districts, three of which have African-American voting age populations of 30 percent to 50 percent. The Senate map includes three districts with a Black voting population of 30 percent and two with more than 50 percent.(Photo: Florida State Senate)

New York - Civil rights leaders say that New York’s proposed redistricting maps do not fairly represent African-Americans and Latinos, and they plan to contest the maps in court, The New York Times reports. Hazel Dukes, president of the NAACP’s New York state chapter, said that Republicans want to exclude minority groups and maintain their own political power. “They have just gone out for blood,” she said. “If the governor doesn’t veto this, I think our next step will have to be in the courts.”(Photo: The New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reappointment)

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New York - Civil rights leaders say that New York’s proposed redistricting maps do not fairly represent African-Americans and Latinos, and they plan to contest the maps in court, The New York Times reports. Hazel Dukes, president of the NAACP’s New York state chapter, said that Republicans want to exclude minority groups and maintain their own political power. “They have just gone out for blood,” she said. “If the governor doesn’t veto this, I think our next step will have to be in the courts.”(Photo: The New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reappointment)