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Exsar.Arguello on May 30, 2018
Partisan boundaries cause of concern as election looms

Democrats seeking office this November are looking to draw the line on how Texas shapes its electoral boundaries.

Gerrymandering, the practice of drawing electoral boundaries that favor a particular audience of voters, has made its way to the United States Supreme Court.

“Texas has done this since Jim Crow to keep people from voting. It’s particularly egregious how these lines are drawn. It’s clear just by looking at a map how these congressional districts are split to favor Repu...

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