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at this link: http://gis1.tlc.state.tx.us/ (Plan C141)
Note: Bruce Davidson, editorial page editor of the San Antonio Express-News, reports that Congressman Lloyd Doggett expects to run in the new District 35 that takes in a slice of eastern Hays County and San Marcos and runs south where the district picks up the eastern edge of San Antonio. Doggett represents U. S. House District 25 that currently includes all of Hays County.Voting 18-12 along party lines earlier this afternoon, the Texas Senate passed a state redistricting bill (SB 4) and map with minor changes from the original bill but still leaves Hays County split three ways and Travis County divided into five congressional districts.
The cities of Buda, Kyle, San Marcos, Wimberley and Woodcreek all are affected under the new map. Wimberley and Woodcreek each would be in a different congressional district and Buda, Kyle and San Marcos would be split in half or by varying degrees into 2 districts. The map obviously does not bode well for residents and voters who believe in preserving their "communities of interest."
The bill and map now goes to the House where it is expected to pass easily. The Senate is adjourned until Thursday.
Texas' redistricting must be reviewed by the U. S. Justice Department to ensure it meets requirements of the federal Voting Rights Act. And as has been the case with other past redistricting schemes in Texas, this one is likely to wind up in federal court where a new and final map will be produced.
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The redistricting plan passed by the full Senate today is Plan C141. You can see it in detail by clicking on the link under the picture in the main article. You can view the map at the precinct and city levels.
As the map now stands (and it is very likely to be quickly passed by the House and sent on to the Gov), the 3 Congressional Districts in Hays County will contain these precincts:
District 21 - Precincts 225,230,315,331,333,335,447,448
District 25 - Precincts 337,440,441,442,443,444,449
District 35 (New District) -
Precincts 127,228,229,234.
You can find which precinct you are in by looking on your voter registration card.
I looked it up. I am in Jason Isaac's district. Crap!
Yes, it still goes on: pseudo-patriotic or historically confused Texas Repug-nicans still push their "gerrymander" down the "leg's road."
Please, again, read my dictionary: < ger•ry•man•der [jer-i-man-der, ger-] – noun 1. U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible. >
Let the Texan personal “blood-poisoned-politics” stop running this state! Hard-working Sen. Lloyd Doggett will still be unbeatable. Doggett cares, is very wise, and has succeeded in the redistricting game before. As the Repug-redistricters try to "get him" again, they persist in creating non-serviceable election districts that hurt us all. How self-serving!
Why waste hard-working tax payer money to have the courts overturn Repug-illegal redistricting actions? Guess the rich-Repug's do not find money an issue, except when it suits their needs: commercial and/or ideological! They obviously do not care about fairness for Texas constituents, the constitution, and "the rule of law." Pseudo-patriots, whose actions are so unfair, serve a limited few in this state! Wake up Texas voters! Who have you put in office? I did not vote for this Perry Pseudo-Patriot Parade through this 2011 legislative session. Who set this up, prioritized the passage of bills…. And for whose benefit? Who benefits from antiquated school curriculums in the public schools? Do you?
Perry and his compatriots are making Texas a laughing stock of the rest of the country! Yes, the last of the wild West can be made safe for habitation, by truly, thinking-caring Texas? These "greedy, frightened white men" scare me! How can they get away with these kinds of “leg-actions?” Wake up and smell the fires burning in the hearts of Texans, who still have a heart!
Roberta Sho'Be'
The full Senate passed SB 4, the
Congressional redistricting bill. The bill has been sent to the House, where it is in the House
Redistricting Committee.
This is the bill which divides Hays County into 3 different Congressional districts. The bill
divides the towns of Wimberley, San Marcos, and Kyle, too.
The Congressional redistricting map (Plan C144) proposed by Rep. Solomons (HB 4) would not divide Wimberley/Woodcreek. But it seems more likely that SB 4 (R-Seliger), which has already passed the Senate and is now in House committee, will win the day -- and it DOES put Wimberley in two Congressional districts.
The House Redistricting Committee meets at 9 a.m. this morning, and it probably will report out SB 4 favorably. The bill can then be voted on by the full House.
To Anonymous, June 7, 5:41 PM:
EVERYONE in Hays County is represented by Jason Isaac in the Texas House. By looking on your voter registration card for your precinct number, you can determine which eventual Congressional district you will be in.
In Congressional redistricting, the full TX Senate has sent its preferred plan to the House, and the House is making some amendments to the Senate plan.
Of the amendments so far submitted to the House, I like Plan 167 (Rep. Hilderbran). In it Hays County is in only 2 districts (20 & 21) - not 3. Hays would also be with some neighbors -- Comal County and parts of Travis and Bexar Counties. The Senate plan would have Hays in District 25, which stretches up to Fort Worth.
On Congressional Redistricting:
The full TX House passed SB 4 on a 2nd Reading today (June 14). It still has to pass a 3rd Reading in the House. The Map is Plan C182, basically the SB 4 which was passed by the full Senate and passed on to the House.
Plan C182 has Hays County in 3 districts (21,25,35). District 25 stretches from western Hays County to Fort Worth.
Travis County would be in 5 districts (10,17,21,25,35).
Sen. Seliger and Rep. Solomons (chairs of redistricting committees)say that the final map will ultimately be determined in court.
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