Plurality Districts News Today

Good morning, shaq. what are we hearing in court so far? >> good morning, jose. were hearing a lot of conversations about the maps. both the maps that currently exist here in wisconsin and those that have been proposed as part of this redistricting process. every ten years we go through this. after we get the census from the federal government, its the states responsibility to create new maps. you mentioned normally that is a legislative function, and needs to be approved by the governor, but be...

Districts or majority/minority districts that often boost and help voters of color elect the representatives of their choice. the fact that there are more white majority districts or white plurality districts in these maps is what the justice department is taking issue with. the fact that they have not drawn in new hispanic majority districts. thats pretty much at issue here. this is 4 million people in texas. pretty stunning numbers that sort of suggest there was as they allege, intent. intent ...