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Senate committee hears legal arguments over DOJ letter as mid‑decade redistricting looms
Summary
The Texas Senate special committee on congressional redistricting held a regional hearing focused on West Texas, where legal experts and advocates questioned a July 7 Department of Justice letter and urged transparent, law‑compliant mapmaking before any new congressional plan is filed.
The Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting met in a video‑conference hearing focused on West Texas and heard invited legal testimony Wednesday about a July 7 Department of Justice letter raising constitutional concerns about the state's 2021 congressional map.
MALDEF Vice President of Litigation Nina Perales told the committee that the public cannot give meaningful input without seeing maps: "Without being able to see a map under consideration, the public can't tell you whether it follows traditional redistricting principles, whether it respects their communities of interest, or perhaps most importantly, whether it complies with the Voting Rights Act in the Constitution," Perales said.
The hearing assembled a mix of civil‑rights attorneys and voting‑rights advocates who urged the committee to require legal…
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