Supreme Court Accepts Urban-Rural Redistricting Case
A ruling in favor of the Texas plaintiffs could move seats away from heavily Hispanic areas.
A March 12, 2015 photo shows the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC.
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The U.S. Supreme Court will take up an appeal that could give rural voters more clout, agreeing to decide a long-simmering question about the rules governing state efforts to equalize the size of their voting districts.
The justices will hear an appeal from two voters who say Texas unconstitutionally allocated its state Senate seats on the basis of total population, rather than on the number of eligible voters.