The new maps reduce the number of districts with Black and Hispanic majorities and come after recent census figures found that the state's growing and diverse populations don't bode well for Republicans.Subscribe for freeFiled in federal court in the Western District of Texas, the lawsuit alleges that race was the dominant factor in the Texas legislature's redistricting decisions.
In these districts, lawmakers removed voters of color and added white voters in a bid to "dilute" the voting strength of Black voters and other voters of color, who are protected as groups that have historically faced racial discrimination in voting, per the lawsuit.What they're saying:
Gerrymandering is how republicans think they can choose their voters rather than voters choosing them.