Texas Residents Who Want Districts of Equal Numbers of Eligible Voters, Instead of Population, File U.S. Supreme Court Brief

By Richard Winger Next term the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Evenwel v Abbott, 14-940. The Texas voters who filed the case argue that states must draw U.S. House and legislative districts based on the number of eligible voters, not population. Here is the opening brief filed by those voters. The “summary of argument” starts on page 14.
The core argument these voters make is that the Constitution requires states to treat all voters equally. In some districts in Texas, the number of eligible voters is far larger than in other districts. This is not only because some, but …read more

Source:: http://ballot-access.org/2015/08/01/texas-residents-who-want-districts-of-equal-numbers-of-eligible-voters-instead-of-population-file-u-s-supreme-court-brief/