Texas to Use Voter Maps Disputed as Biased in 2016 Elections
- Judges say it's too close to primaries to change boundaries
- Voting-rights activists see Hispanics, blacks shortchanged
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Texans will vote in the 2016 elections using electoral maps that activists have challenged in court for five years as biased against the state’s burgeoning minority population.
A panel of federal judges in San Antonio ruled Friday it’s too close to the March 1 primary to change district boundaries. Civil rights advocates had sought to put in place new maps now to prevent Hispanic and black voters from having their voting strength minimized for another election cycle.