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yellowdogintexas

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1. They got away with it here, in the Tarrant County Commissioners Court
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 04:56 PM
Jun 10

Started pushing the idea in April, held the final vote on Tuesday June 3 to adopt a new map, which rearranged the southern half of
the county, cracking a minority majority precinct and packing as many of the minorites into another precinct. It will be virtually impossible for the current Commissioner in the Cracked precinct to be re-elected. The current balance of 3 R precinct and 2 D precinct will now be 4 Republicans to 1 Democrat.

This was a power grab. Our COunty Judge is a mean, petty and racist man

The YouTube channel for the Commissioners Court will tell the story.
https://www.youtube.com/@TarrantCountyTX/streams

There was a public hearing in each Commissioner Precinct; all of them are on this channel , as well as the final vote on the map change

The vote was Tuesday afternoon; the lawsuit was filed June 4

So I am not surprised that the idea of redistricting the entire state prior to the 2026 election has surfaced. The Republican party is in fear of the increase in Democratic voters since 2021.

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