A U.S. District Court has ruled that Texas lawmakers illegally drew voting lines in three districts | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicle

A U.S. District Court has ruled that Texas lawmakers, illegally drew voting lines in three districts, in an effort to depress minority voter turnout rates. According to the court, in Texas 23rd congressional district, just that district alone, a boundary line was drawn to split up 600,000, mostly Latino voters, to lessen their impact at the…