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Cesar Blanco: “The framers of our Constitution, they did not envision maps…”

Featuring: Cesar Blanco, Democratic | Texas Senate, District 29

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Senator César J. Blanco Speaks on House Bill 4, an unnecessary mid-decade redistributing plan

Published | Video Starts at 05:04

And some may argue that there's no law prohibiting mid decade redistricting. But members, just because there's no law that doesn't prohibit it, it just doesn't make it right to do it. And while The framers of our Constitution, they did not envision maps being drawn whenever it suited those in power. they actually intended apportionment to follow the census so that representation would follow the people, not politics. That was a directive that they enshrined in our Constitution. (05:04–05:12)

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Asserts that the framers did not intend for redistricting to occur at the convenience of those in power.

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