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NEW TONIGHT AT 10
O'CLOCK...
NEW
REDISTRICTING
MAPS APPROVED BY
THE CITY OF
ODESSA AND ECTOR
COUNTY ARE BEING
CONTESTED BY
SOME GROUPS
REPRESENTING
LOCAL MINORITIES.
"UNA VOZ
UNIDA," "LULAC" AND
THE N-AA-C-P HAVE
FILED A JOINT
LETTER WITH THE
JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT OVER
THE APPROVED
CHANGES.
IN ODESSA... THE
NEW PLAN ONLY
MOVES ABOUT 6-
THOUSAND
VOTERS...BUT ART
LEAL WITH áUNA
VOZ UNIDAá SAYS IT
CHANGES THE
VOTING
DEMOGRAPHIC FOR
DISTRICT 3, WHICH
IS PRIMARILY
HASPANIC RIGHT
NOW.
HE SAYS THE NEW
CHANGE WILL TAKE
AWAY THE HISPANIC
VOTER MAJORITY
FOR DISTRICT 3.
IN THE LETTER
THEY WRITE "THESE
MAPS FAIL TO
RECOGNIZE
HISPANIC/LATINO
POPULATION
GROWTH... DILUTING
MINORITY VOTING
STRENGTH OF
HISPANIC/LATINO
MINORITIES TO
ELECT A CANDIDATE
OF THEIR CHOICE."
MEANWHILE..
THE SUPREME
COURT HAS
BLOCKED THE USE
OF TEXAS STATE
LEGISLATIVE AND
CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT MAPS
THAT WERE DRAWN
BY FEDERAL
JUDGES TO BOOST
THE VOTING POWER
OF MINORITIES.
THE JUSTICES
SAY THEY WILL
HEAR THE
ARGUMENTS MANY
MINORITY GROUPS
HAVE BEEN
SPEAKING OUT ON
WHEN THEY MEET
JANUARY 9TH.
TEXAS SAYS THAT
THE JUDGES
OVERSTEPPED
THEIR AUTHORITY
AND SHOULD HAVE
TAKEN INTO
ACCOUNT THE
ELECTORAL MAPS
THAT WERE DRAWN
BY THE
REPUBLICAN-
DOMINATED TEXAS
LEGISLATURE.