Overview
- Tarrant County Commissioners Court will vote on new precinct boundaries on June 3 after considering seven GOP-drawn maps.
- County Judge Tim O’Hare says the changes would align the court with conservative voters by creating a 3-1 Republican majority.
- Maps prepared by National Republican Redistricting Trust president Adam Kincaid would redraw Democratic-leaning Precincts 1 and 2 to favor Republicans.
- Civil rights groups including the Texas ACLU, Texas Civil Rights Project and Southern Coalition for Social Justice warn the maps could violate the Voting Rights Act and lead to costly legal challenges.
- Local residents and organizations have organized rallies and registered public speakers to protest what they view as racial gerrymandering and the use of outdated census data.