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· 8/24/2023

In Re Commitment of Floyd Wesley Gibbs v. the State of Texas

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  • holding that state regulation of the preliminary phase of the election process may constitute state action
  • holding that state regulation of the preliminary phase of the election process may constitute state action
  • recognizing the requirement of the federal Constitution that population equality be the primary redistricting consideration
  • stating that \any person whose right to vote is impaired has standing to sue\ (citation omitted)
  • explaining that “specific historical concerns” validated inclusion of Electoral College in Constitution “despite its inherent numerical inequality”
  • holding as unconstitutional an electoral system in which votes were counted equally but weighed unequally

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