The US Supreme Court heard the oral arguments in the Texas
Redistricting Battle on January 9th, 2012. If the Supreme Court does
not make a decision soon then Texas might be forced to change the Primary
election date again. Some of the elections would still be on April 3rd, 2012
and some would be pushed back to a later date. This is due to the fact that the
State Republican and Democrat Party Conventions have to be in June or July.
Those cannot just be cancelled. Hopefully the US Supreme Court makes a decision
soon so that Texas can get things sorted out in time to still have all the
Primary Elections on the same date in April.
It is hoped the Supreme Court will also rule that Section V
of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. Several states have filed Amicus
Briefs in support of striking down Section 5. Basically, it is not
constitutional that the Federal Government has one set of rules for some states
and one set of rules for other states. Some states get to do what they want in
redistricting and voter id laws but other states have to have their laws approved
by the Justice Department (a biased, non elected federal entity).
Go to www.txredistricting.org
for more info on this Texas Redistricting/Supreme Court mess
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