A panel of three federal judges has blocked Texas from using a new congressional map that Republicans drew in hopes of picking up five U.S. House seats.
In response to the congressional redistricting in Texas in 2025 (…) the single-member districts for Congress reflected in Assembly Bill 604 (…) shall temporarily be used for every congressional election for a term of office commencing on or after the date this subdivision becomes operative
It’s just that the legislature’s map shall be used for elections between the proposition’s passage and 2031’s regularly scheduled redistricting.
It is stated to be in response to Texas, but the amended constitution as far as I can see doesn’t use language about it being conditional on Texas’ plan happening.
It’s just that the legislature’s map shall be used for elections between the proposition’s passage and 2031’s regularly scheduled redistricting.