Texas Redistricting

Fight the Takeover

The Texas Governor is letting the President take over Texas. We need a leader who Puts Texans First. Together, with love for our families and hope in our hearts, we can take back our futures from the control of corrupt and power-hungry politicians. Read below to learn how to take action!

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Texans look out for each other through storms over and over again. Meanwhile, rather than help families recover from flooding or prepare for the next disaster, the Texas Governor Greg Abbott is sacrificing our freedoms and futures in exchange for power and President Trump’s political agenda. The Governor is rigging our voting maps to give the President more congressional seats to stay in power and silence voters. By picking their voters in these rigged maps, neither the Governor nor the President have to listen to concerns or criticism over how our taxpayer money is spent. Texans from across the state have joined together at the Capitol, in committee hearings, in the streets, and online to demand that Texans’ needs, like flood relief, be put first. Still the Governor made redistricting the priority for both special sessions.

Redistricting 101

Communities are always changing or growing; knowing how and where they are changing is key to planning for our futures. Redistricting is the process of updating voting maps to make the principle of fair representation and freedom possible in our country. It happens every 10 years after the population is counted through the Census; the next one being in 2030. Each congressional district must have an equal number of people to make sure that each vote within a district is equal to others. This data is also key in shaping our futures by determining how our taxpayer money is reinvested into education, healthcare, infrastructure, the workforce, and small businesses to name a few areas that help communities thrive.

Both the Governor and the President know that communities are changing AND that their policies are unpopular; in order to win, they have to rig the game by redistricting 5 years early. By drawing maps that will guarantee power for the President, the Governor gives the President what he needs to implement an agenda to reward billionaires with tax cuts, in a big, ugly bill – which is now law – and cut healthcare programs like Medicaid and SNAP. When voters are silenced, the President and the Governor can do whatever they want, unchecked and unaccountable to what people need, like flood relief for Texans. Instead, they’d use our taxpayer money to keep funding ICE to raid our communities or to corporations that profit off building the detention centers to separate families. All we need to do is follow the money and see who actually benefits.

What is happening in Texas is a test for everyone’s freedoms and futures. The freedoms we have today to speak out and criticise the powerful with our vote and our voices are under attack. The brave leaders in our past who fought for our freedoms are looking back at us; Our children and the future of our families are counting on us.

Today, our communities will stand up to defend their rights in electing who they want as leaders, not the other way around. We need leaders who put Texans first, not a tyrant's political agenda.

Pledge to take action by completing the form below and follow us online @mfenaccion to hear about the next opportunity to take action for our freedoms and our futures! You’ll receive a confirmation email with tips and next steps on how to contact your representative and senator in the Texas Capitol. When we take back our power and freedom to share our opinions and concerns, we can take back our futures.

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Texans are still trying to recover from the last disaster, yet the Governor still made redistricting the priority in this special session_2

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