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The Texas Legislature passed legislative redistricting bills in 1981, but governor Clements vetoed the state Senate map, and the State Supreme Court struck down the state House map for violating the "county line rule". The Legislative Redistricting Board drew maps for both chambers, which were challenged by lawsuits in Terrazas v.
The lieutenant governor is an ex officio member of several statutory bodies, including the Legislative Budget Board, the Legislative Council, and the Legislative Audit Committee, which have considerable sway over state programs, the budget and policy. The lieutenant governor is also a member of the Legislative Redistricting Board (together with ...
Stanley K. Young, Texas Legislative Handbook (1973). Univ. of Tex., The Legislative Branch in Texas Politics, (last accessed Oct. 8, 2006) (stating that "The Texas Legislature is the most powerful of the three main branches of government[,]" primarily because it is "less weak than the other branches"). See also: Texas Government Newsletter
A series of state court victories has handed Democrats an unexpected upper hand in red states where Republican legislators had the power to draw congressional district lines, giving their party ...
The Supreme Court declined to prevent Texas state legislators from answering questions in a lawsuit over the state’s plan for redistricting.
The Texas Legislature drew new maps for Texas' congressional districts to account for the two new congressional districts it gained through the 2020 census. The Republican Party had a trifecta in the Texas Government at the time, giving them full control of the redistricting process. [6]
At this time, the Texas state government was controlled by the Republican Party. Initial redistricting maps were completed by the state legislature by 2011, and sent to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for preclearance as required by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA).
The legislature defined 11 single-member districts for the 1882 elections. When Texas received additional congressional seats as a result of the 1890 census and 1900 census, it quickly accomplished redistricting to have equal populations in single- member districts. After the 1910 census, Texas received two additional seats. Rather than ...