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June 21, 2011
The bill now goes to the GOP-controlled House, where approval is expected.
Sen. Kel Seliger, an Amarillo Republican who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Redistricting, said the plan is fair to all Texans and will pass court muster. But critics said the subdivision ofTravisCounty highlights how the map is unfair to minority voters.
The bill now goes to the GOP-controlled House, where approval is expected.
Sen. Kel Seliger, an Amarillo Republican who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Redistricting, said the plan is fair to all Texans and will pass court muster. But critics said the subdivision ofTravisCounty highlights how the map is unfair to minority voters.
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"I think this map is so far from reality and in so muchviolation of the law, it's premature to say," Doggett said in a phone interview."It's the only district in the area that has enough of my district, enoughDemocrats at this point, but again, I haven't made any finaldecision."
Instead, Doggett and his fellow Democrats are planningto take the map to court. Texas' new Congressional lines must be cleared by theJustice Department for appropriate minority voting power, and the Congressmanwas quick to declare that the proposed map is in clear violation of the VotingRights Act.
"I think this map is so far from reality and in so muchviolation of the law, it's premature to say," Doggett said in a phone interview."It's the only district in the area that has enough of my district, enoughDemocrats at this point, but again, I haven't made any finaldecision."
Instead, Doggett and his fellow Democrats are planningto take the map to court. Texas' new Congressional lines must be cleared by theJustice Department for appropriate minority voting power, and the Congressmanwas quick to declare that the proposed map is in clear violation of the VotingRights Act.