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What’s behind the DOJ’s lawsuit over Texas redistricting maps

KWBU | By Texas Standard

Published December 7, 2021 at 12:54 PM CST

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Voting district maps on the desks of legislators, as part of redistricting efforts in the Senate, at the Texas State Senate on the opening day of the third Special Session of the 87th Legislative Session at the Texas State Capitol on Sep. 20, 2021.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says the maps “deny or abridge the rights of Latino and Black voters to vote on account of their race, color or membership in a language-minority group.”