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The U.S. Supreme Court told a lower court to reconsider Texas's new federal voting districts, which may add as many as six Republicans to the state's congressional delegation in the Nov. 2 election.

The court, acting two weeks before the election, told a federal court to take a new look at the districts in light of the justices' April ruling in a Pennsylvania case. In that decision, the Supreme Court rejected claims that Republican-drawn districts were so partisan they violated the Constitution. Today's action leaves the districts in place for the Nov. 2 election.

In the Texas case, minority voters and Democratic lawmakers say Texas Republicans illegally reconfigured the state's 32 districts mid-decade for partisan purposes. Opponents also said the new districts reduce the voting clout of blacks and Hispanics.
(via Bloomberg News)