{"id":299,"date":"2022-02-16T21:15:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T21:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/work\/fair-maps-texas-action-committee-v-abbott\/"},"modified":"2024-07-31T13:58:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T18:58:12","slug":"fair-maps-texas-action-committee-v-abbott","status":"publish","type":"work","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/work\/fair-maps-texas-action-committee-v-abbott\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair Maps Texas Action Committee v. Abbott"},"template":"","class_list":["post-299","work","type-work","status-publish","hentry","work_type-litigation"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"We've taken the fight against racial gerrymandering in Texas to federal court.","featured_image":"","work_type":176,"related_issues":false,"location":52},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<h3>Common Cause Sues to Include Texas' Communities of Color in The Redistricting Process.<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>Case Summary<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common Cause Texas, along with fair maps allies across the state, are parties in a lawsuit alleging that Texas\u2019 new state legislative and congressional district plans are racial gerrymanders which would purposefully dilute the political voices of communities of color across the state, especially Black, Latinx, and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters. Our complaint argues that these maps are in violation of both the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and US Constitution, and should be replaced with new maps that more equitably distribute political power.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Texas redistricting plan falls short in several areas \u2013 failing to create coalition districts and cracking voters of color in different districts to dilute their voting power. Furthermore, the redistricting process was inequitably conducted, with an overall lack of transparency regarding public hearings and limited opportunity for meaningful public input.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This intervention is necessary to give Texas\u2019 diverse population a fair political voice for the next decade. BIPOC communities represent the state\u2019s fastest growing population. If these maps stand, thousands of Texans are at risk of their voices being silenced and their concerns being ignored.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Self-interested politicians have abused the redistricting process like this for too long -- which is why we\u2019re taking Governor Greg Abbott and Secretary of State John Scott to court to overturn their intentionally discriminatory district maps. Our partners in this lawsuit include other members of the Fair Maps Texas Action Committee, OCA-Greater Houston, the North Texas Chapter of the Asian Pacific Islander Americans Public Affairs Association, Emgage, and 13 individuals, as well as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF).<\/span>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<a class=\"button1\" role=\"button\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/fair-maps-texas-action-committee-v-abbott-filings\/\">Case Documents<\/a> "}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_take_action","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_take_action":{"heading":"Take Action","button_text":"","manually_curate":false,"action":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_banner","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_banner":{"use_donate_banner":true,"title":"Title [highlight]with highlighting[\/highlight] and additional text.","button":null,"image":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_resources","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_resources":{"heading":"Related Resources","button_text":"See all Related Resources","manually_curate":false,"resource":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_press","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_press":{"heading":"Press","button_text":"","manually_curate":false,"press":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_events","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_events":{"heading":"Events"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_our_experts","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_our_experts":{"heading":"","manually_curate":false,"people":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fair Maps Texas Action Committee v. 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