What Unusual Action Did Texas Take After the 2000 Census

question 16

Multiple Choice

What unusual action did Texas take after the 2000 census?

• A) The Texas legislature refused to change the congressional districts from what they were during the 1990s.
• B) Texas redistricted twice,in 2001 and 2003.
• C) The Texas legislature established a nonpartisan redistricting board to draw new districts.
• D) The Texas legislature permitted the Department of Justice to draw the new district boundaries,in conformity with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
• E) The Texas legislature allowed citizens to vote directly on how each of the new districts should be drawn.

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