Texas Redistricting Decision – Legislators can redraw maps whenever they like

Well, the Supreme Court decision on the case of the Texas congressional re-districting map is in and, while there was a small victory for Democrats and minority voters, the real long-term impact is that the court ruled that “state legislators may draw new maps as often as they like – not just once a decade as Texas Democrats claimed. That means Democratic and Republican state lawmakers can push through new maps anytime there is a power shift at a state capital.”

So, let’s think about this. Now, the explosion of web mapping and new ways to link demographic data to location have placed vast amounts of information at the disposal of politicians, if they really want to use it. I think it’s only a matter of time before all of that information starts being used in addition to, or even instead of, traditional census data for re-drawing congressional district boundaries.

Via MSNBC


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