Representatives claim newly drawn congressional districts violate the law By Chuck Lindell AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Thursday, October 30, 2003 WASHINGTON -- Texas Democrats, meeting Wednesday with Justice Department lawyers, declared that the state's newly drawn congressional districts should be tossed out because they reduce minority voting strength. The nine Democrats, from districts with heavy concentrations of African American and Hispanic voters, sought to refute Republican claims that the GOP-drawn map creates 11 minority-controlled districts, unchanged from the previous map. Looking at the same numbers, Democrats see 10 districts where minority voters can determine election results, a decline that would violate the...