Texas Redistricting
FairVote has collected news reports and legal opinions relating to the Texas 2003 Redistricting plan

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News Articles on Texas Redistricting
October 2nd 2003
Is House changing the rules on maps?
Austin American-Statesman

Report on Texas redistricting plans.

September 5th 2003
Analysis: Texas remap feud may harm state
United Press International

Article suggesting that the Texas redistricting battle will harm the state by making it harder for the parties to work together in the legislature.

August 18th 2003
Resolve sustains remap standoff Democratic senators, GOP officials failed to judge opposition's grit
Dallas Morning News

Article on stalemate between Republicans and Democrats in Texas about redistricting plans.

August 11th 2003
Texas duel highlights separation of powers
Christian Science Monitor

Lawsuits are filed in the Texas redistricting standoff.

August 11th 2003
Texas Democrats Solicit Bush's Help in Redistricting Dispute White House Says It's Staying Out of Fight
Washington Post

The White House refuses to intervene in Texas redistricting dispute.

August 9th 2003
Texas Redistricting Proposal Protested
Associated Press

Thousands gathered Saturday to rally against a Republican push to redraw state congressional lines and in favor of the Democratic state senators who fled to New Mexico to scuttle the effort.

July 26th 2003
Will third time be remap charm?
The Dallas Morning News

Analysis of possible outcomes to remapping battle in Texas.

July 23rd 2003
Congressional map that bolsters GOP in Texas clears big hurdle
Houston Chronicle

A state Senate committee today approved, on a party-line vote, a congressional redistricting map that would increase Republican representation from Texas in the U.S. House.

July 20th 2003
Redistricting, like it or not
Stephenville Empire Tribune (TX)

It appears that the Congressman Tom DeLay, Governor Rick Perry, and Lt. Governor David Dewhurst are determined to force redistricting on the state of Texas, regardless of public support or not.

July 9th 2003
Alternatives to Redistricting (Transcript)
Texas Cable News

FairVote's Rob Richie is invited on Texas Cable News to discuss the problem of redistricting in Texas.

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