Why was there any redistricting issues anyway? i am way behind the 8 ball on this one.
Federal Courts have been reviewing TX redistricting since the 1960’s. Some complaints were brought by LULAC and other “minority” groups about how TX legislature redrew the districts. (we gained 4 seats in the House due to Census)
A 3-judge panel redrew the districts and totally ignored the work done by the Legislature. It was appealed to the Supreme Court and they smacked down the 3-judge panel.
Last weekend they announced a compromise was agreed to. But now the Obamanista judges have rejected what was agreed on.
This is going to be very nasty.
As a result of the last “official” U.S. census it was determined that our population probably increased enough to warrant 4 more Congressional districts and that this increase was probably, more than likely, Hispanic minorities. The battle is over where the new district lines will be drawn. We also have a new voter ID bill which passed this last session which I am sure, albeit quietly, is adding fuel to the fire. Having to have two elections is estimated to increase the cost to taxpayers by about $15M.