| 2010 |
8/26/2010 |
Districts - Congressional
Apportionment law
Redistricting principles/theory |
Report |
Congressional Research Service |
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The House of Representatives Apportionment Formula: An Analysis of Proposals for Change and Their Impact on States. By Royce Crocker. August 26, 2010. [7-5700, R41382]. Proposes a framework for evaluating several types of apportionment methods including the Hill, Hamilton-Vinton, Adams, Dean, Jefferson, and other rounding methods.(276 KB)
28 pages
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| 2020 |
3/23/2017 |
Districts - Congressional
Apportionment law
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law
Redistricting principles/theory
Redistricting commissions |
Report |
Congressional Research Service |
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Congressional Redistricting Law: Background and Recent Court Rulings. By L. Paige Whitaker. March 23, 2017. [7-5700, R44798]. Contents: Constitutional Provisions / VRA / Equality Standard: One Person, One Vote / Equal Protection and the VRA / Partisan Gerrymandering / Redistricting Commissions.(625 KB)
23 pages
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| 2010 |
1/22/2011 |
Apportionment law
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law
Redistricting principles/theory |
Report |
Wattson, Peter S. |
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How to Draw Redistricting Plans That Will Stand Up in Court. By Peter S. Wattson (Senate Counsel, State of Minnesota).(1507 KB)
55 pages
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| 2000 |
4/23/2003 |
Districts - Congressional
Apportionment law
Redistricting process
Mid-decade redistricting |
Attorney General opinion |
Texas Attorney General |
Balderas v. State of Texas - Civil Action No. 6:01CV158 2001 |
Correspondence to Rep. Joe Crabb from Attorney General of Texas Greg Abbott, Opinion No. GA-0063 Re: Whether the Texas Legislature is required to undertake congressional redistricting for the electoral period 2003-2010.(993 KB)
7 pages
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| 1880 |
0/0/1882 |
Districts - House
Districts - Senate
Apportionment law |
Map
Legislation |
Texas. Legislature |
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General Laws of the State of Texas, passed at the Called Session of the Seventeenth Legislature. Chapter XIII, An Act to... reapportion the State into Senatorial and Representative Districts.(764 KB)
6 pages
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| 1860 |
0/0/1869 |
Districts - House
Districts - Senate
Apportionment law
Redistricting process |
Statute/Constitution/Regulation |
Texas |
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Constitution of the State of Texas, adopted by the Constitutional Convention... passed March 2, 1867 and ratified at an election held Nov. 30 to Dec. 3, 1869. Article III - Legislative Department.(1131 KB)
17 pages
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| 1860 |
0/0/1866 |
Districts - House
Districts - Senate
Apportionment law
Redistricting process |
Statute/Constitution/Regulation |
Texas |
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The Constitution of Texas, as Amended, and Ordinances of the Convention of 1866. Article III - Legislative Department.(563 KB)
5 pages
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| 1860 |
2/6/1860 |
Districts - House
Districts - Senate
Apportionment law
Redistricting process |
Legislation |
Texas. Legislature |
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General Laws of the Eighth Legislature of the State of Texas. Chapter 45, An Act to apportion the State into Senatorial and Representative Districts.(577 KB)
8 pages
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| 1850 |
2/2/1853 |
Districts - House
Districts - Senate
Apportionment law
Redistricting process |
Legislation |
Texas. Legislature |
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Laws of the Fourth Legislature of the State of Texas, Second Session. Chapter IV, An Act to apportion the several counties of this state, according to the requirements of the Constitution.(507 KB)
7 pages
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| 1850 |
0/0/1850 |
Districts - House
Districts - Senate
Apportionment law
Redistricting process |
Legislation |
Texas. Legislature |
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Laws of the Third Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume III. Chapter XLIV, An Act to apportion the Senators and Representatives of the Legislature among the several Counties of the State, according to the requirements of the Constitution. Chapter CLI, An act supplementary to and amending Chapter XLIV.(637 KB)
9 pages
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| 1840 |
3/0/1848 |
Districts - House
Districts - Senate
Apportionment law
Redistricting process |
Legislation |
Texas. Legislature |
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Laws Passed by the Second Legislature of the State of Texas, Vol. III. Chapter 162, An Act to apportion Senators and Representatives of the Legislature among the several counties of this State according to the requirements of the Constitution.(590 KB)
7 pages
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| 1840 |
0/0/1845 |
Districts - House
Districts - Senate
Apportionment law
Redistricting process |
Statute/Constitution/Regulation |
Texas |
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Constitution of the State of Texas of 1845. Article III - Legislative Department.(566 KB)
6 pages
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| 1840 |
0/0/1836 |
Apportionment law
Redistricting process |
Statute/Constitution/Regulation |
Texas |
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Constitution of the Republic of Texas. Article I.(426 KB)
4 pages
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| 1980 |
6/0/1980 |
Redistricting history
Apportionment law
Voting Rights Act
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law |
Article (Magazine/Journal) |
Southwestern Law Journal |
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Reapportionment by state legislatures: a guide for the 1980's by Steve Bickerstaff [Southwestern Law Journal, Volume 34, No. 2, pp. 607-686](5000 KB)
82 pages
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| 1870 |
0/0/1873 |
Districts - House
Districts - Senate
Apportionment law
Redistricting process |
Legislation |
Texas. Legislature |
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General Laws of the State of Texas passed at the Session of the Thirteenth Legislature. Chapter 35 - An Act making a New Apportionment of the Representative and Senatorial Districts of the State of Texas. SB 212.(3095 KB)
4 pages
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| 1950 |
11/0/1950 |
Redistricting history
Apportionment law |
Book |
Texas State Library. Legislative Reference Division |
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Texas, Apportionment Laws of Texas from 1836 - 1950: senatorial districts, representative districts, congressional districts, charts.(7246 KB)
170 pages
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| 1990 |
0/0/0 |
Districts - Judicial
Apportionment law |
Statute/Constitution/Regulation |
Texas. Legislature |
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Texas Constitution, Article 5, ยง 7a. Judicial Districts Board; reapportionment of judicial districts. Texas Government Code, Chapter 24, Subchapter F: Reapportionment of Judicial Districts.(1246 KB)
6 pages
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| 1990 |
7/25/1995 |
Districts - Senate
Apportionment law
Elections - terms of office |
Attorney General opinion |
Vega, Jorge |
Thomas v. Bush - No. A-95-CV-186-SS (W.D. Tex. 1995) |
Letter Opinion No. 95-046. Correspondence from Jorge Vega to Senator Barrientos Re: Whether article III, section 3 of the Texas Constitution requires state senators to redraw lots to determine lengths of terms after federal court order changing district boundaries is entered.(382 KB)
5 pages
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| 1990 |
6/7/1995 |
Districts - Senate
Apportionment law
Elections - terms of office |
Attorney General opinion |
Texas Attorney General |
Thomas v. Bush - No. A-95-CV-186-SS (W.D. Tex. 1995) |
Opinion No. DM-351. Correspondence from Dan Morales to Senator Sibley regarding whether legislation changing 2 of 31 senatorial districts constitutes an "apportionment" under article III, section 3 of Texas Constitution (RQ-785).(286 KB)
4 pages
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| 1960 |
4/20/1961 |
Districts - House
Districts - Senate
Apportionment law
Redistricting principles/theory |
Attorney General opinion |
Texas Attorney General |
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Attorney General Opinion No. WW-1041, Re: Construction of Sections 26, 26a and 28 of Article III of the Texas Constitution (to Rep. C.W. Pearcy) [counties contiguous by water only; Gulf of Mexico](229 KB)
5 pages
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| 1980 |
5/30/1981 |
Districts - Senate
Apportionment law
U.S. Constitution - 14th Amendment |
Attorney General opinion |
Texas Attorney General |
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Opinion No. MW-350, Re: Constitutionality of SB-800 (to Honorable Bob Bullock, Comptroller of Public Accounts)(1546 KB)
5 pages
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| 1950 |
3/28/1951 |
Districts - Congressional
Apportionment law
Elections - voting systems |
Attorney General opinion |
Texas Attorney General |
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Attorney General Opinion No. V-1160, Re: Constitutionality of electing two Congressmen at large in a single county, dividing one county into two geographic congressional districts, or including part of a county in a different district from that embracing the balance of the county (to Rep. William S. Fly)(582 KB)
6 pages
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| 1990 |
2/27/1991 |
Legislative Redistricting Board
Public Law 94-171
Census issues - undercount/adjustment
Apportionment law
Redistricting process |
Attorney General opinion |
Texas Attorney General |
Mauzy v. Legislative Redistricting Board - 471 S.W.2d 570 (Tex. 1971) |
Opinion No. DM-6, Re: Whether release of census counts subject to possible adjustment constitutes publication of the United States decennial census for purposes of article III, section 28, of the Texas Constitution and related questions (RQ-24) (to Sen. Chet Brooks and Rep. Tom Uher)(2868 KB)
13 pages
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| 1970 |
6/4/1971 |
Districts - Senate
Apportionment law
Legislature - rules
Redistricting process |
Attorney General opinion |
Texas Attorney General |
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Texas Attorney General Opinion No. M-881, Re: Validity of Special Session apportioning the State into senatorial districts in conformity with the 1970 United States decennial census (to Senator J. P. Word).(758 KB)
5 pages
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| 1980 |
5/8/1980 |
Apportionment law
Redistricting process |
Report |
House Study Group |
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Redistricting, Part Three: Rules for Redistricting [Special Legislative Report, No. 58].(4559 KB)
39 pages
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| 1980 |
6/9/1980 |
Redistricting history
Apportionment law
Apportionment/Redistricting - case law |
Report |
House Study Group |
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Redistricting, Part One: A Preview of 1981 [Special Legislative Report, No. 37].(1788 KB)
31 pages
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| 2010 |
8/0/2011 |
Apportionment law
Gerrymander
Voting Rights Act
Redistricting process
One person one vote
TLC Publications
Preclearance |
Report |
Texas Legislative Council |
|
State and Federal Law Governing Redistricting in Texas [Contents: The Texas Redistricting Process / One Person, One Vote: The Equal Population Requirement / Minority Vote Dilution and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act / Federal Preclearance: Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act / Constitutional Prohibitions Against Racial Discrimination and Gerrymandering / Partisan Gerrymandering / Substantive Redistricting Standards in the Texas Constitution / Court-Ordered Redistricting Plans](18722 KB)
164 pages
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| 2010 |
0/0/2010 |
Apportionment law
State-by-state comparison
Voting Rights Act
Redistricting process |
Report |
NAACP, MALDEF, Asian American Justice Center |
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The Impact of Redistricting in Your Community: A Guide to Redistricting(49248 KB)
84 pages
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| 2010 |
11/0/2009 |
Apportionment law
State-by-state comparison |
Report |
National Conference of State Legislatures |
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Redistricting Law 2010(20295 KB)
236 pages
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| 1990 |
3/0/1991 |
Apportionment law
Gerrymander
Voting Rights Act
Redistricting process
One person one vote
TLC Publications
Preclearance |
Report |
Texas Legislative Council |
|
State and Federal Law Governing Redistricting in Texas [Contents: The Texas Redistricting Process / One Person, One Vote: The Equal Protection Requirement / Minority Vote Dilution and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act / Federal Preclearance: Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act / Constitutional Protection of Minority Voting Rights / Partisan Gerrymandering / Substantive Redistricting Standards in the Texas Constitution / Standards for Court-Ordered Redistricting Plans](4550 KB)
183 pages
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| 2000 |
3/0/2001 |
Apportionment law
Gerrymander
Voting Rights Act
Redistricting process
One person one vote
TLC Publications
Preclearance |
Report |
Texas Legislative Council |
|
State and Federal Law Governing Redistricting in Texas [Contents: The Texas Redistricting Process / One Person, One Vote: The Equal Protection Requirement / Minority Vote Dilution and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act / Federal Preclearance: Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act / Constitutional Prohibitions Against Racial Discrimination and Gerrymandering / Partisan Gerrymandering / Substantive Redistricting Standards in the Texas Constitution / Court-Ordered Redistricting Plans](19583 KB)
148 pages
|  |
| 2000 |
0/0/2000 |
Districts - Congressional
Apportionment law
Gerrymander
Voting Rights Act
Redistricting principles/theory |
Book |
Hebert, J. Gerald |
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The Realists' Guide to Redistricting - Avoiding the Legal Pitfalls by J. Gerald Hebert, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Paul M. Smith, Sam Hirsch, and Heather K. Gerken(8639 KB)
120 pages
|  |
| 1990 |
3/15/1990 |
Redistricting history
Census issues - undercount/adjustment
Apportionment law
Census issues - military/overseas |
Report |
House Research Organization |
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Redistricting, Part Two: Procedures and Pitfalls [Special Legislative Report Number 167](7358 KB)
40 pages
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