民主党員s 押し進める at 裁判,公判 to change Texas 投票(する)ing 地図/計画するs for 2018

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - 大打撃を与えるing the point that Texas is looking more Hispanic and いっそう少なく white every year, 民主党員s on Monday began 押し進めるing for new 2018 選挙 地図/計画するs before a 法廷,裁判所 that already decided 共和国の/共和党のs purposefully tried stifling 少数,小数派 投票者s.

The 結果 of the 裁判,公判 in San Antonio could have 火刑/賭けるs that reverberate 国家的に, 類似の to other redistricting 戦う/戦いs playing out どこかよそで in the U.S. 民主党員s trying to 埋め立てる 議会 next year in the first midterm 選挙s under 大統領 Donald Trump could 上げる their 半端物s of 選ぶing off a handful of 共和国の/共和党の seats in Texas if new 地図/計画するs are ordered.

The 裁判,公判 also puts Texas on the 弁護 over 投票(する)ing 権利s again. Two 連邦の 法廷,裁判所s in April 結論するd that 共和国の/共和党の 国会議員s sought to 鈍らせる the growing 影響(力) of Hispanics and 黒人/ボイコットs at the 投票(する) box by 可決する・採択するing a 投票者 ID 法律 and 製図/抽選 地図/計画するs that 圧倒的に 好意d GOP 候補者s.

A group moves boxes into the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A group moves boxes into the 連邦の 法廷,裁判所 house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting 裁判,公判 is 始める,決める to begin. 連邦の 法廷,裁判所s earlier this year 設立する that Texas passed 選挙 法律s to purposefully 差別する against Hispanic and 黒人/ボイコット 投票者s and the 裁判,公判 starting Monday could redraw Texas 投票(する)ing 地図/計画するs before 2018 and 支える Democratic 成果/努力s to 埋め立てる 議会. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

にわか景気ing Texas has four of the five fastest-growing cities in the nation, 含むing Dallas and Houston, a 殺到する 存在 driven by Hispanic growth. 少数,小数派 権利s groups began the 裁判,公判 with 分析 they say shows Hispanics and 黒人/ボイコットs 投票(する)ing as a 連合 in 最近の 選挙s to 支援する 民主党員s.

A former Democratic 明言する/公表する 国会議員, Trey Martinez Fischer, 証言するd that 共和国の/共和党のs 急ぐd during the summer of 2013 to 永久的に 可決する・採択する 投票(する)ing 地図/計画するs that a 法廷,裁判所 had tweaked for the 選挙 a year earlier. 対抗者s decry those 地図/計画するs as a quick 直す/買収する,八百長をする that didn't 粛清する all 地区s of the use of gerrymandering - the practice of 製図/抽選 境界s to 好意 one 政党 over another - in a 人種上 biased way.

"It really didn't 改善する the 全体にわたる 地図/計画する for 少数,小数派 適切な時期," Martinez Fischer said.

明言する/公表する 弁護士/代理人/検事s challenged the methodology of the 熟考する/考慮するs showing racial polarization and 示唆するd data was cherry-選ぶd. Texas is not 推定する/予想するd to begin calling its 証言,証人/目撃するs until later this week.

共和国の/共和党の Texas 司法長官 Ken Paxton's office argues in 法廷,裁判所 文書s that there is no 証拠 showing that the 地図/計画するs 器具/実施するd by the 法廷,裁判所 and later 可決する・採択するd by 国会議員s were 差別的な.

It is not (疑いを)晴らす when the three-裁判官 パネル盤 will decide whether Texas' 地図/計画するs need tweaks before 2018. Other 明言する/公表するs could also have 地区s redrawn before next year, 含むing North Carolina, where 共和国の/共和党の leaders said last week that they're 用意が出来ている to carve new lines for 2018 after the U.S. 最高裁判所 設立する racial gerrymandering.

Jose Garza, an 弁護士/代理人/検事 for the Mexican American 法律を制定する (政党の)幹部会,党集会, has said he believes at a 最小限 that two or three congressional 地区s in Texas and between two and five 州議会議事堂 地区s in Texas should be redrawn to better 好意 少数,小数派 投票者s.

The groups 告訴するing Texas also want the 明言する/公表する to become the first to be put 支援する under 連邦の oversight since the U.S. 最高裁判所 struck 負かす/撃墜する 重要な parts of the 投票(する)ing 権利s 行為/法令/行動する four years ago. That 2013 判決,裁定 struck 負かす/撃墜する a 準備/条項 in the 1965 法律 that 要求するd Texas and other 明言する/公表するs with troubled histories of racial 差別 to "preclear" any 投票(する)ing 法律 changes with the 連邦の 政府 before 制定するing them.

An Associated 圧力(をかける) 分析 in June 設立する that 地区s drawn by Texas' 共和国の/共和党の-controlled 立法機関 helped the party 勝利,勝つ nearly four more U.S. House seats than it さもなければ would have in the last 選挙, which was more than any other 明言する/公表する. The AP scrutinized all 435 U.S. House races in November using an "efficiency gap" 統計に基づく method designed to calculate 同志/支持者 advantage.

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Texas Rep. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, talks with the media before entering the federal court house for a redistricting trial, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas pass
ed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting today could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas Rep. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, 会談 with the マスコミ before entering the 連邦の 法廷,裁判所 house for a redistricting 裁判,公判, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio. 連邦の 法廷,裁判所s earlier this year 設立する that Texas passed 選挙 法律s to purposefully 差別する against Hispanic and 黒人/ボイコット 投票者s and the 裁判,公判 starting today could redraw Texas 投票(する)ing 地図/計画するs before 2018 and 支える Democratic 成果/努力s to 埋め立てる 議会. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADDS NAME OF MAN AS RUSS TIDWELL - Russ Tidwell, a former lobbyist who is helping minority rights groups sue Texas over Republican-drawn voting maps holds a set of maps as he makes his way to the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this 
year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADDS NAME OF MAN AS RUSS TIDWELL - Russ Tidwell, a former lobbyist who is helping 少数,小数派 権利s groups 告訴する Texas over 共和国の/共和党の-drawn 投票(する)ing 地図/計画するs 持つ/拘留するs a 始める,決める of 地図/計画するs as he makes his way to the 連邦の 法廷,裁判所 house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting 裁判,公判 is 始める,決める to begin. 連邦の 法廷,裁判所s earlier this year 設立する that Texas passed 選挙 法律s to purposefully 差別する against Hispanic and 黒人/ボイコット 投票者s and the 裁判,公判 starting Monday could redraw Texas 投票(する)ing 地図/計画するs before 2018 and 支える Democratic 成果/努力s to 埋め立てる 議会. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Boxes are pushed into th
e federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Boxes are 押し進めるd into the 連邦の 法廷,裁判所 house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting 裁判,公判 is 始める,決める to begin. 連邦の 法廷,裁判所s earlier this year 設立する that Texas passed 選挙 法律s to purposefully 差別する against Hispanic and 黒人/ボイコット 投票者s and the 裁判,公判 starting Monday could redraw Texas 投票(する)ing 地図/計画するs before 2018 and 支える Democratic 成果/努力s to 埋め立てる 議会. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A man pulls boxes into the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discrimina
te against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A man pulls boxes into the 連邦の 法廷,裁判所 house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting 裁判,公判 is 始める,決める to begin. 連邦の 法廷,裁判所s earlier this year 設立する that Texas passed 選挙 法律s to purposefully 差別する against Hispanic and 黒人/ボイコット 投票者s and the 裁判,公判 starting Monday could redraw Texas 投票(する)ing 地図/計画するs before 2018 and 支える Democratic 成果/努力s to 埋め立てる 議会. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A man enters the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A man enters the 連邦の 法廷,裁判所 house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting 裁判,公判 is 始める,決める to begin. 連邦の 法廷,裁判所s earlier this year 設立する that Texas passed 選挙 法律s to purposefully 差別する against Hispanic and 黒人/ボイコット 投票者s and the 裁判,公判 starting Monday could redraw Texas 投票(する)ing 地図/計画するs before 2018 and 支える Democratic 成果/努力s to 埋め立てる 議会. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADDS NAME OF MAN AS RUSS TIDWELL -  Russ Tidwell, a former lobbyist who is helping minority rights groups sue Texas over Republican-drawn voting maps enters the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting today could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADDS NAME OF MAN AS RUSS TIDWELL - Russ Tidwell, a former lobbyist who is helping 少数,小数派 権利s groups 告訴する Texas over 共和国の/共和党の-drawn 投票(する)ing 地図/計画するs enters the 連邦の 法廷,裁判所 house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting 裁判,公判 is 始める,決める to begin. 連邦の 法廷,裁判所s earlier this year 設立する that Texas passed 選挙 法律s to purposefully 差別する against Hispanic and 黒人/ボイコット 投票者s and the 裁判,公判 starting today could redraw Texas 投票(する)ing 地図/計画するs before 2018 and 支える Democratic 成果/努力s to 埋め立てる 議会. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Boxes are pushed into the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Boxes are 押し進めるd into the 連邦の 法廷,裁判所 house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting 裁判,公判 is 始める,決める to begin. 連邦の 法廷,裁判所s earlier this year 設立する that Texas passed 選挙 法律s to purposefully 差別する against Hispanic and 黒人/ボイコット 投票者s and the 裁判,公判 starting Monday could redraw Texas 投票(する)ing 地図/計画するs before 2018 and 支える Democratic 成果/努力s to 埋め立てる 議会. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A man enters the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A man enters the 連邦の 法廷,裁判所 house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting 裁判,公判 is 始める,決める to begin. 連邦の 法廷,裁判所s earlier this year 設立する that Texas passed 選挙 法律s to purposefully 差別する against Hispanic and 黒人/ボイコット 投票者s and the 裁判,公判 starting Monday could redraw Texas 投票(する)ing 地図/計画するs before 2018 and 支える Democratic 成果/努力s to 埋め立てる 議会. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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