Redistricting UPDATE: A.G. Abbott Information Including Court Filing

The original redistricting release has been updated with the States advisory to the court regarding the proposed maps Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas The proposed maps minimize changes to the redistricting plan passed by the Legislature and as the U. S. Supreme Court required makes changes only where necessary said Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today issueing the following statement on the proposed Interim Redistricting Maps for Texas 2012 elections:     The Texas Attorney Generals Office has worked with a wide range of interest groups to incorporate reasonable requests from all parties to the extent possible without compromising the will of the Texas Legislature. Even though these proposed interim maps arent fully supported by all interest groups modifications have been incorporated based on requests made by all parties. Todays maps should allow the court to finalize the interim redistricting maps in time to have elections in April" Attorney General Abbott said. The proposed House and Congressional interim redistricting maps are the result of an agreement between the State of Texas and the:

1. Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force which includes
2. Texas LULAC
3. MALDEF
4. GI Forum
5. Southwest Voter Registration Education Project
6. Domingo Garcia
7. The Mexican American Bar Association of Texas and
8. La Fe Policy Research & Education Center.

The proposed Congressional interim redistricting map is also supported by Congressman Henry Cuellar. Although the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) the Black Legislative Caucus and the NAACP have not agreed to support the proposed maps those maps include modifications that address some of the primary concerns those plaintiffs raised during negotiations with the State. The proposed maps also reflect consensus among the State leadership including Gov. Rick Perry Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Speaker Joe Straus.