[EL] DOJ Response in Texas vs. USA, Holder (Redistricting)

[Vince Leibowitz]

Thanks for the clarification. Quorum Report is reporting it constitutes
preclearance. The Mexican American Legislative Caucus implies, in a release
that went out a while ago, that two maps were *not *precleared, which I
believe has led people to believe the other two were precleared by MALC's
omission.

Gerry, do you have a better statement on this than what MALC has sent out
and what QR is reporting? I'd like to send it to the activist in Houston
that has sent QR's erroneous declaration to his list of 10,000 Democrats
across the state who are presently burning up my inbox and Twitter feed with
repeats of the erroneous reporting I relayed.

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Gerry Hebert <
GHebert at campaignlegalcenter.org> wrote:

>  It does not constitute clearance of the TX state senate map or the State
> Board of Education maps.  As DOJ correctly notes in its answer, “The
> proposed Senate plan [and State Board of Education plan] has no force or
> effect unless and until this Court determines that the plan meets the
> requirements of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.”  In a Section 5
> declaratory judgment action where there are defendant-intervenors who oppose
> preclearance, as there are here, the issue of preclearance of the state
> senate map is still an open question regardless of DOJ’s position.    Gerry
> Hebert
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> *Subject:* [EL] DOJ Response in Texas vs. USA, Holder (Redistricting)
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> See attached. I have not had the opportunity to scan it in full yet, but
> several sources in Texas are reporting that this constitutes "clearance" for
> the state senate and state board of education maps, and that insufficient
> evidence existed for the Congressional and state house maps to be cleared.
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