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August 18, 2017

Racial Gerrymandering Ruled Unconstitutional in Texas
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In voting rights news, the state of Texas has been ordered to redraw the
map of its congressional districts after a federal court determined some
of the districts were designed to dilute the power of Latino and
African-American voters. The maps were drawn by Texas's Republican-led
state Legislature. Mother Jones reports this is the seventh time since
2011 that a federal court has found that Texas intentionally
discriminated against voters of color.


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