Rick Hasen's memory about Texas 1996 is correct.  The
3-judge district court in 1996 redrew the boundaries
on August 6, and ordered free-for-all non-partisan
primaries for November 5, 1996, in all the districts
with new boundaries.  If no one got 50%, there was a
run-off on Dec. 10, 1996.  New candidates were able to
enter the race.

This means, if the new maps alter Tom Delay's 22nd
district boundaries, the Republican problem in that
district would be solved, since new candidates could
enter.

--- Rick Hasen <Rick.Hasen@lls.edu> wrote:


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  Three Judge Court Moves Quickly to Establish
Remedyfor VRA Violation in the Texas Case
Hereis the order, inviting the parties to submit
remedial proposals,including maps and briefs in
support of the proposals (presumablydebating issues of
the timing of the remedy as well, given that
theprimaries have already taken place). Oral argument
will take place onAugust 3.
Remember that in 1996 a three-judge court threw out
the results ofalready-held primaries on grounds there
was an unconstitutional racialgerrymander found by the
Surpreme Court. If I recall correctly, thethree-judge
court held the primary the same day as the general
electionwith runoffs in December. (My memory may be
faulty on this.)
--Rick HasenWilliam H. Hannon Distinguished Professor
of LawLoyola Law School919 Albany StreetLos Angeles,
CA  90015-1211(213)736-1466(213)380-3769 -
faxrick.hasen@lls.eduhttp://www.lls.edu/academics/faculty/hasen.htmlhttp://electionlawblog.org



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