An assistant professor specializing in voting rights at Carnegie Mellon University, Cervas said he was taking the passage of California’s Proposition 50, which will allow the state’s Democratic-controlled Legislature to redraw its congressional districts, and a federal district court’s rejection of Texas’ mid-decade redistricting into account. Days after Prop 50 was passed, a panel of federal judges blocked the congressional map adopted by the Texas Legislature in August ― which was drawn at Trump’s urging and shifted five seats currently held by Democrats into the GOP column ― by deeming it an illegal race-based gerrymander. The state was ordered to use its 2021 maps for the midterms, a massive blow in the Trump administration’s push to redistrict across the U.S.
Author: Curtis M. Wong
Published at: 2025-12-04 22:08:01
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