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The Texas Supreme Court blocked Galveston County Republicans from switching local voting maps between the primary and November election, rejecting an unprecedented strategy to maximize partisan advantage at voters’ expense.
Texas and Missouri are serving up opposite arguments about the impacts of swapping election maps between their primaries and the midterms, but whether that’s allowable or a constitutional crisis depends on which state you’re in and whether Republicans will benefit.
A Texas appeals court denied an emergency effort to stop Galveston County from using new voting districts in the November election, allowing the GOP-led county’s post-primary map change to move forward for now as the general election approaches.
As November rapidly approaches, we’re still waiting for a key question to be answered: Will President Donald Trump get a chance to impose sweeping restrictions on mail voting during the midterms? It will ultimately be up to the Supreme Court.
The Texas Supreme Court denied an emergency effort to stop Galveston County from using newly drawn voting districts in the November election, allowing the Republican-led county’s unprecedented post-primary map switch to move forward for now.
A Texas county told the state Supreme Court it can change its voting maps between its primary and November general election — doubling down on what pro-voting plaintiffs warn could be replicated across the state to undermine the will of the voters.
In what could signal an alarming new precedent, a Texas county revealed it plans to move some local candidates to new districts under a revised map drafted between the primary and general elections.
Trump’s gerrymandering war gave the GOP an unearned edge in the midterms. But the episode has degraded our democracy in another way, too: by preventing large numbers of voters from electing representatives that will respond to their needs.
Houston residents face an uphill battle to get answers from the Trump administration and hold ICE accountable. But starting next year, their odds are likely to be even steeper.
We got some ominous news this week about President Donald Trump’s dangerous bid to crack down on mail voting ahead of the midterm elections.
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