NAACP Asks Texas Court to Block Redrawn Congressional Map

Texas lawmakers have said the new map was not drawn to target minorities’ voting power.
NAACP Asks Texas Court to Block Redrawn Congressional Map
NAACP President Derrick Johnson speaks at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas on July 16, 2024. Susan Walsh/AP Photo
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on Aug. 26 filed a motion seeking to block Texas’s newly enacted congressional map, arguing it “intentionally discriminates based on race.”

The NAACP filed the motion for a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in El Paso, as part of a lawsuit that names the Texas governor and the Texas secretary of state as defendants.