Looks like April 3 may be the date. AG accepts Texas redistricting deal

[Lone_Star_Dem]

SAN ANTONIO — A congressman's lawyer says the Texas attorney general has agreed to a temporary voting map that could keep the April 3 date for primary elections in Texas.

Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar's lawyer Rolando Rios tells The Associated Press that the attorney general agreed not to challenge a proposal that would give Texas two new Hispanic congressional seats.

A San Antonio federal court gave the state and minority groups until Monday to reach a compromise, or see the Texas primaries pushed back for a second time. The groups say the original map was discriminatory.

http://www.statesman.com/news/texas/apnewsbreak-ag-accepts-texas-redistricting-deal-2154473.html

Maybe? Perhaps? Possibly? We shall see, but in light of the ongoing Republican primary fight I'm inclined to believe the Texas Republicans are being pressured to get this temporarily settled.

[Lawlbringer]

1. Does this impact Ron Paul's district? n/t

[Lionessa]

2. "Hispanic" seats? WTF?

I guess Texas is that segregated that one can actually say that, (I was raised in TX) but wow, seeing it in writing just slapped me up the side of the head. I could see a party or liberal/conservative, but Hispanic? So should the blacks be in an outrage then because they didn't gain any "Aftican American" seats for their east Texas districts?

Probably I'm making a mountain out of a mole hill, just doesn't seem like race, or ethnicity specifically should be part of the equation. Seems voting tendencies would be the better way of commenting on the issue.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. The argument against this redistricting is based on the violation of the Voting Rights Act.

The issue with the redistricting is that it in several cases it is illegal under the Voting Rights Act. In essence what they are trying to do is dilute minority voting strength. Primarily that of the Latinos and African Americans in the state. Which is the reason you're seeing the specific mention of ethnicity.

However, your not wrong either. The Republicans in Texas are doing everything they can to discriminate against the voting rights of Texas' ethnic populations. This is what we're fighting against in opposing the redistricting maps.

[Gothmog]

4. No settlement has been reached

The San Antonio court does not think that there is a settlement and has order the parties to continue with the briefing schedule https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxeOfQQnUr_gNzBiYzUwMDAtNTYyOC00M2RiLTk2NDktYTQwYjc3YmQ3YTRl&hl=en_US This was an attempt by Abbott to split the plaintiffs and has not worked.

[hobbit709]

5. JuanitaJean's take on this "deal'

http://juanitajean.com/2012/02/06/and-greg-abbotts-butt/