Texas redistricting feud may cast a long shadow

[Rose Siding]

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Overshadowed by the indictment of three associates of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who Democrats contend orchestrated a redistricting "coup d'etat" with illegal corporate money, is a lawsuit claiming the new districts were drawn with outdated population figures.

Any day, a three-judge federal panel in Texas that was handed the case by the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide whether the mid-decade restricting based on 2000 census figures violated the "one person, one vote" protections in voting rights laws.

A ruling against the state of Texas could complicate Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's push in California for new congressional and legislative districts this decade - an effort he says will make elections more competitive.

The national census is performed only once every 10 years, and until this decade states drew new voting lines the following year using the fresh data.

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http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/12686281p-13539137c.html

[Melodybe]

1. Good, from the folks I know in Texas that map is total BS

you can cross the street and go through three districts.

I hope that they go down on this one.

[crispini]

2. please, please, please strike that suckah down!

I know folks in Lakewood who live within one mile of each other and have three different reps.

[struggle4progress]

3. kick

[Democat]

4. Democrats waiting for help from a court in Texas?

It might be a long wait.