Texas Scorecard by Erin Anderson November 24, 2021
Lawsuit alleges Democrats’ redistricting scheme for county commissioners intentionally deprives a million citizens of their legal right to vote.A group of Harris County voters is suing to stop Democrats’ redistricting plan for county commissioners, alleging the new maps unconstitutionally strip them and more than a million of their neighbors of their legal right to vote in next year’s county elections.
Plaintiffs include three minority voters who stand to be disenfranchised by new district lines, along with the county’s two Republican commissioners, Tom Ramsey and Jack Cagle.
The redistricting scheme proposed by Commissioner Rodney Ellis, one of three Democrats on the Harris County Commissioners Court, is designed to increase Democrats’ control over the county government to a 4-1 majority.
Commissioners court adopted the “Ellis 3 Plan” in October on a party-line vote.
The lawsuit, filed in state court last week, argues the new maps violate voters’ rights under the Texas Constitution by needlessly moving citizens from even-numbered to odd-numbered voting precincts.
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https://texasscorecard.com/local/republicans-sue-to-stop-harris-county-democrats-redistricting-plan/
