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    | U.S. Census | Voter Suppression / Gerrymandering |

    FIND YOUR VOTING DISTRICTS / WHO REPRESENTS YOU?

  • Who Represents Me? (Ballotpedia.org) | Lists: U.S. Senators, U.S. Representative [U.S. Congress], State Senator, State Representative. [Then it lists statewide offices and courts.]

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  • Montgomery County Voter Registration Lookup

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    VOTER GUIDES

    The League of Women Voters of Houston Voters Guide is your nonpartisan source for national, state and local election information to help you prepare to head to the polls.
    The Voters Guide is now available through Vote411.org. It will be available in English in print form and via a downloadable PDF around February 10.

    REDISTRICTING (Official Texas site)

    REDISTRICTING LAWSUITS (BOTH TEXAS AND HARRIS COUNTY)

    TEXAS
  • Texas’ new House map challenged in state court, expanding redistricting fight: The Mexican American Legislative Caucus is arguing that the new state House map violates the Texas Constitution. The lawsuit follows two legal challenges to the state’s new maps previously filed in federal court.
    By Alexa Ura, Texas Tribune staff | November 3, 2021 10 AM Central |
  • Analysis: Texas legislators aren’t ready to take self-interest out of redistricting: In Texas, the Legislature draws political maps — with results that predictably favor the party in power. Do independent commissions do any better?
    By Ross Ramsey, Texas Tribune staff | November 3, 2021 5 AM Central |
    HARRIS COUNTY
  • GOP leaders sue Lina Hidalgo, Harris County over redistricting plan they say violates voting rights
    By Gabrielle Banks, Houston Chronicle Staff writer | November 16, 2021 Updated: Nov. 16, 2021 6:49 p.m. |

    FIND YOUR NEWLY REDISTRICTED U.S. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAP

  • Texas has new political maps. See which [U.S. Congressional] districts your home is in.
    by Carla Astudillo, Mandi Cai, and Kalley Huang, Texas Tribune staff | Published: October 22, 2021 Updated: October 25, 2021 |
  • Texas Senate approves congressional map that draws no new Black or Hispanic districts even as people of color fueled population growth Texas gained two new seats in Congress based on population growth fueled by people of color. But the Senate’s proposal provides no new majority-Black or majority-Hispanic districts to reflect that growth.
    by James Barragan, Texas Tribune | October 8, 2021 Updated: 4 PM Central |
  • Sheila Jackson Lee, Al Green go to Austin to fight GOP redistricting plan
    by Jeremy Wallace, Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau | October 4, 2021 Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 4 p.m. |
  • Opinion: What would Texas redistricting look like without gerrymanders? This map puts communities first.
    by Russ Tidwell, Houston Chronicle | October 2, 2021 Updated: Oct. 2, 2021 4:33 p.m. |

  • [NOTE: This article includes the MAP]
    Texas House proposes map that increases Republican strength and decreases Black and Hispanic majority districts     The Texas Legislature is in the midst of its third special session, which is dedicated to redrawing political maps based on the latest census data that showed people of color fueled 95% of Texas’ population growth over the past decade.
    by Cassandra Pollock, Carla Astudillo, and Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune | September 30, 2021 Updated: 2 PM Central |

  • New congressional maps aim to protect endangered San Antonio-area Republicans
    by Jeremy Wallace, Cayla Harris, and Jasper Scherer of Hearst [Houston Chronicle/ San Antonio Express News] Austin Bureau | Sep. 27, 2021 Updated: September 27, 2021 9:52 p.m. |
  • Texas Senate opens redistricting debate with proposed map one senator labels "intentional discrimination": The first draft of the Senate map was authored by a Republican who chairs the Senate Redistricting Committee. It immediately drew fire from a Democratic member who said her district was being redrawn to dilute voting power of people of color.
    by Rebekah Allen and James Barragan, Texas Tribune | September 18, 2021 4 PM Central |
  • Opinion: Make redistricting a transparent process for all Texans
    by Valerie Street and Dave Jones | April 28, 2021 Updated: April 28, 2021 3 a.m. (Houston Chronicle)
    Redistricting occurs every ten years, after Census results received.
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    VOTER SUPPRESSION / GERRYMANDERING

  • Gerrymandering Explained (Brennan Center for Justice)
  • Gerrymandering (Wikipedia) | Gerrymandering and Fair Representation (Brennan Center for Justice) |
  • Redistricting Process (TX Legislature Online) | Congressional Apportionment FAQs (U.S. Census Bureau) | Redistricting and Use of Census Data [4/1/2021] (Natl. Conference of State Legislatures) |
  • The 2020 Census Population and Apportionment Data, Explained
    by Madiba Dennie, Yurij Rudensky, & Kelly Percival, Brennan Center for Justice | April 26, 2021 |
  • Explainer: Redistricting and Gerrymandering in Texas: Texas has become ground zero for gerrymandering in recent years
    By Zijia Eleanor Song, NBC/DFW CH.5 NEWS | March 11, 2021 Updated on March 11, 2021 at 3:33 pm |
    GERRYMANDERING STATE LEGISLATION
  • U.S. House of Representatives Redistricting Map: "Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas." Senate Bill 6 (TX SB6 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session) [LegiScan] | Senate Bill 6 (TX Legislature Online) |
    Status: Completed Legislative Action | Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0) | Status: Passed on October 25 2021 - 100% progression | Action: 2021-10-25 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 18, 2022 |]
  • Texas Redistricting Transparency Act House Bill 3112 (TX HB3112 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature (Prior Session Legislation) [LegiScan]) | House Bill 3112 (HB3112 TX Legislature Online) |
    Status: Bill died in committee when 87th Regular Legislative Session closed.
    GERRYMANDERING PROPOSED FEDERAL LEGISLATION
  • For the People Act of 2021 House Bill 1 (US HB1 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress [LegiScan]) | For the People Act House Bill 1 |
    Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 223-0) Status: Engrossed on March 11 2021 - 50% progression Action: 2021-03-11 - Received in the Senate.
  • For the People Act of 2021 Senate Bill 1 (US SB1 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress [LegiScan]) | For the People Act of 2021 Senate Bill 1 |
    Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 47-2) Status: Introduced on March 17 2021 - 25% progression Action: 2021-08-11 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 123.
  • John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act House Bill 4 (US HB4 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress | (Prior Session Legislation) | Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 House Bill 4 |
    Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 230-0) Status: Engrossed on December 9 2019 - 50% progression Action: 2020-07-27 - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 107, enrollment corrections on H.R. 4 have been made. Bill died when 116th Congress ended. NOTE: Not yet introduced in 117th Congress 2021-2022
  • Support the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
    NOTE: This bill was passed by the House in 2020 but has not been introduced into the 117th Congress (2021-2022).

    U.S. Census Bureau

    2020 Census

    UNITED STATES
  • Census shows US is diversifying, white population shrinking by Mike Schneider, AP | August 13, 2021 |
  • The most prevalent racial or ethnic group for the United States was the White alone non-Hispanic population at 57.8%. This decreased from 63.7% in 2010. (Census Bureau)
    TEXAS
  • In Texas, the first- and second-most prevalent group rankings did not change between 2010 and 2020, but the difference in size between the White alone non-Hispanic population (39.7%) and the Hispanic or Latino population (39.3%) shrank to 0.4 percentage points. (Census Bureau)
    HARRIS COUNTY / MONTGOMERY COUNTY
  • Most Prevalent Race or Ethnic Group by County in 2020
    Harris County: Hispanic or Latino, of any race
    Montgomery County: White alone, non-Hispanic
  • Second-Most Prevalent Race or Ethnicity Group by County in 2020
    Harris County: White alone, non-Hispanic
    Montgomery County: Hispanic or Latino, of any race
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