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Redistricting & voting counsel at @brennancenter at @NYUlaw. Opinions mine. Usual caveats about retweets. From TX, so lots of tweets about the Lone Star State.

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RT @JonesJolanda: 🚨 BREAKING: You heard it here first. TX House Redistricting hearings:.🗓️ Thurs 7/24 – Austin, Capitol.🗓️ Sat 7/26 – Hous….
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Michael Li 李之樸
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Another useful report is R206, which gives you district-level electoral results for recent statewide elections. For example, here's report R206 for the 2024 elections.
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Michael Li 李之樸
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However, the Florida Supreme Court held that the plaintiffs had not shown that it was possible to comply with the non-diminishment clause without creating a racial gerrymander under federal law.
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Michael Li 李之樸
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Black voters had challenged the dismantling of the northern Florida district under the state constitution’s non-diminishment clause (Article III, sec. 20).
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Michael Li 李之樸
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🚨BREAKING: The Florida Supreme Court has rejected a state constitution challenge to the legislature’s dismantling of FL-05 in the last round of redistricting.
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Michael Li 李之樸
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Last but not least, here's the state's response to congressional intervenors Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) and Al Green (TX-09):. #txlege
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Michael Li 李之樸
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Next, Texas' response re the redistricting claims of the Texas NAACP:. #txlege
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Michael Li 李之樸
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And here's Texas' response on the claims of the Brooks plaintiffs:. #txlege
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Michael Li 李之樸
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Next up, Texas' response re the claims of the Gonzales plaintiffs:. #txlege
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Michael Li 李之樸
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And here's Texas' response to the Mexican American Legislative Caucus:. #txlege
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Michael Li 李之樸
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NEW: Last night, Texas filed its responses to redistricting plaintiffs' claim summaries. Posting here in a thread 🧵. First up, the state's response to the LULAC plaintiffs. #txlege.
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Michael Li 李之樸
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Here’s an example of the CVAP report for the current congressional map.
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Michael Li 李之樸
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You can also pull up a number reports (either as pdfs or excel files). One of the more helpful is report labeled “r_116_ACS1923’” - which shows the citizen voting age population of each district by ethnicity.
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Michael Li 李之樸
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On the data page, you’ll have a long list of options, including an option to download the shapefiles for the map.
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Michael Li 李之樸
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Now for the data. Next to the plan number at the top, there is a square with a northeastern pointing arrow. Click on that, and it will take you to the data page.
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Michael Li 李之樸
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When you get to the district, you’ll have the option to switch to a view that helpfully shows political subdivisions.
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Michael Li 李之樸
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On the upper right-hand side, you’ll note a magnifying glass icon with a # symbol. Click on that and it will pull down a list of districts. Click on the district you want, and it will zoom in.
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Michael Li 李之樸
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Click on the map you want and it will pull up a zoomable version of the map. This is the current congressional map (Plan C2193).
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Michael Li 李之樸
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(You can also find past plan proposals as well as plans that are part of the ongoing map litigation.).
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Michael Li 李之樸
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On the following page, plans are grouped into several categories. Plans introduced in the special will be in a subcategory for “89(1)” (the ‘1’ meaning the first special session of the 89th legislature).
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