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Folks,

Earlier this week, the Texas legislature began a special session that will include a proposal for a mid-decade congressional map redraw.

This comes after it was reported last month that the Trump Administration was pushing Texas for an off-cycle redistricting effort, citing the desire for a “ruthless” gerrymander in hopes of picking up as many as five more seats to unfairly advance their highly unpopular far-right agenda

Texas’s current congressional map is already gerrymandered, and it’s at the center of a lawsuit for allegedly violating the Voting Rights Act. Now, with the state threatening to needlessly redistrict in the middle of the decade, extremists in the state could create a map that even further dilutes the voting power of marginalized communities. Texans do not want more extreme gerrymandering. They want (and are long overdue) their democratic right to fair representation to be fulfilled.

As we await more information about the potential redraw, we’re educating voters and mobilizing democracy defending activists like you, team.

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Right now, our affiliate, the National Redistricting Foundation, the NRF, is in court fighting to secure fair representation for communities of color in multiple Texas congressional districts.

Whites and Latinos were about equal in population size when the 2020 maps were drawn. The state drew 23 white-majority districts out of 38 total congressional districts. Latino voters made up majorities in only seven. So, the NRF is demanding that the Texas court order a fair congressional map that includes two additional Latino opportunity districts.

The outcome of this case could mean another redraw of the map, and that’s why we’re watching what’s happening in this special session so closely, because this fight for fair maps is at risk.

We need to be prepared to hold Texas lawmakers accountable, and ensure they respect the voice of Texas voters. They’ve made it clear that they have every intention of making the maps worse, deliberately engaging in anti-democracy, power-grabbing tactics like gerrymandering.

But we have strength in numbers, which is why we’re calling on you to show your commitment to the fight for fair maps and ending extreme gerrymandering. Sign the pledge now. → [link removed]

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