redistricting

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The Charter Review Commission's possible changes to the San Antonio City Charter also focus on the number of council districts and the establishment of an independent ethics auditor.

The high court left intact a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act in a case many feared would go the other way. The decision’s importance in ongoing litigation over Texas’ political maps will largely be felt in what didn’t happen.

The lawsuit, which a judge has combined with a similar suit by Latino and Black voters, will go to trial at the end of September, too late to affect this year’s midterm elections.

The order is the latest victory for civil rights groups claiming discrimination and intimidation leading up to the 2022 midterms, but history indicates the case is unlikely to be resolved before voters head to the polls.

After eight months of committee meetings, San Antonio has new boundaries for its city council districts. The San Antonio City Council gave final approval on Thursday in a 10-0 vote.

The boundaries of San Antonio’s city council districts are changing after months of discussion to better align them to an ideal population size. A committee of 23 people appointed by the city council gave the greenlight to a final map over the weekend.

A redistricting committee has voted to leave Brackenridge Park solely in City Council District 1 after much debate on Tuesday.

The lines for San Antonio’s 10 city council districts have been redrawn, at least in a proposal, to have as close to an equal distribution of residents as possible.

Texas State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court challenging the newly drawn district lines for Congressional District 35.