By: Kayla Vix

Today the League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of Texas issued the following statement in response to the Texas legislature pass- ing new congressional maps:

“The Texas mid-cycle redistricting map is designed to rig elections and silence voters. This scheme was fueled by a directive from President Trump in a desperate attempt to cling to power. Governor Abbott and Texas Republicans are abusing the redistricting process to bow down to an unpopular president who has no shame in thwarting the Constitution for his own benefit.

“The League of Women Voters has consistently opposed partisan gerrymandering and midcycle redistricting because these tactics disenfranchise voters. And Texas, in particular, has a history of using gerrymandering to

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