Today, the Legal Defense Fund (“LDF”), Barbara Jordan Leadership Institute (“BJLI”), Houston Area Urban League (“HAUL”), Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, (the “Deltas”), Black Voters Matter, and Friendship-West Baptist Church submitted a third piece of supplemental testimony to the Texas Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting opposing the severely flawed mid-decade congressional redistricting process underway and related maps. This testimony supplements the groups’ July 24, Aug. 8, and Aug. 17 testimonies and outlines some of the many concerns with redistricting happening under these extraordinary circumstances and legislatively proposed maps, which threaten to further harm Black and other voters of color in Texas. Following the conclusion of this Committee’s public hearings during the second legislative special session, the groups continue to urge Texas’ Legislature to refrain from conducting mid-decade congressional redistricting under these circumstances. The Legislature must not draw lines in any way that further harms Black Texan voters and other voters of color and risks greater damage to those communities.
Read the Aug. 21 supplemental testimony here.
Read the Aug. 17 supplemental testimony here.
Read the Aug. 8 supplemental testimony here.
Read the July 24 House testimony here and the Senate testimony here.
To learn more about LDF’s redistricting work, visit our website here.
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Founded in 1940, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is the nation’s first civil rights law organization. LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute is a multi-disciplinary and collaborative hub within LDF that launches targeted campaigns and undertakes innovative research to shape the civil rights narrative. In media attributions, please refer to us as the Legal Defense Fund or LDF. Please note that LDF has been separate from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) since 1957 — although LDF was originally founded by the NAACP and shares its commitment to equal rights.
