TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Dec 4, 2015

Two voters in Texas are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to alter the way Texas and every other state divides electoral districts. The plaintiffs argue states should count only people who are eligible to vote and not include non-citizens and children in the population. The Associate Press reports that a ruling in their favor would shift more power to rural areas and away from urban areas where there is a higher population of immigrants and children. "The plaintiffs in Texas are interested in stemming the growth of Latino political power," argued Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund.