Redistricting proposals violate section 2 by denying rights to Latino and Black voters, attorney general Merrick Garland says
The US Department of Justice is suing Texas over its new electoral maps, saying the plans violate the Voting Rights Act by making it more difficult for minorities to participate in the electoral process.
Minority voters accounted for 95% of population growth in Texas over the last decade but there are no new majority-minority districts in the new plans.
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