· 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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