By Reuters
WASHINGTON – The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court last December permitted Texas to move ahead with a new voting map beneficial to Republicans, as the justices faulted a lower court for issuing an order blocking it “on the eve of an election.”
At the time, the Texas party primary elections were four months away and the general election was 11 months off. The top U.S. judicial body’s action in the case followed a legal concept known as the Purcell principle it established two decades ago that courts should strive to avoid changing voting rules too close to an election due to the risk of voter confusion.
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