WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday did not appear ready to completely discard the traditional way of drawing legislative districts nationwide, as it heard arguments in a Texas case that could recast thousands of electoral maps.
The case before the court, Evenwel v. Abbott, is a challenge by two Texas voters claiming that legislative districts should be drawn so that they contain roughly equal numbers of eligible voters—not just equal numbers of people.
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