{"id":5028,"date":"2016-04-15T18:08:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T18:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=5028"},"modified":"2016-04-15T18:08:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T18:08:38","slug":"one-person-one-vote-rule-reaffirmed-in-tx-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=5028","title":{"rendered":"\u2018One Person, One Vote\u2019 Rule Reaffirmed in TX Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>by Mark Richardson<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>AUSTIN, Texas<\/strong> &#8211; The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, has rejected a conservative challenge to the \u201cone person, one vote\u201d rule in how states draw their legislative districts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In Evenwel v. Abbott, a case that originated in Texas, the court ruled that districts must be drawn according to the total population, not just the voting-age population.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Kathay Feng, national redistricting director for the watchdog group Common Cause, says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg\u2019s majority opinion reinforces the premise that, under the Constitution, every person counts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cYou can\u2019t base whether or not you\u2019re going to give police services or assistance from the fire department based on whether you\u2019re old enough to be eligible to vote or to register to vote,\u201d says Feng. \u201cIt\u2019s got to be based on thinking about the total population.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5029\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/gr-51246-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5029\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5029\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/gr-51246-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on a Texas case, reaffirming the \u201cone person, one vote\u201d rule in drawing legislative districts. Photo: P_Wei\/iStockphoto\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/gr-51246-1-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/gr-51246-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/gr-51246-1-1-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/gr-51246-1-1-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on a Texas case, reaffirming the \u201cone person, one vote\u201d rule in drawing legislative districts. Photo: P_Wei\/iStockphoto<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The case was a 2014 challenge by a Texas-based conservative group, the Project on Fair Representation, which sought to change the way districts were drawn in the Texas State Senate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The group issued a statement saying it is disappointed in the ruling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Feng says the concept of including every person, and not just registered voters, in drawing political boundaries should not be a partisan issue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThere are a lot of people in all parts of the political spectrum who fundamentally believe that this is not a red-blue fight,\u201d she says. \u201cThis is something that\u2019s fundamental to our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Feng adds the court challenge could have disproportionately affected the nation\u2019s growing Hispanic population.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">One advocacy group for Latino political involvement estimates more than half the nation\u2019s Latino population would be excluded if only eligible voters were counted in political districts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Mark Richardson AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, has rejected a conservative challenge to the \u201cone person, one vote\u201d rule in how states draw their legislative districts. 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