AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas redistricting bill is on track to become law before the start of the weekend. Lawmakers in the state Senate could vote on the version that passed the House late Wednesday.

If the Senate takes it up on Friday, Democrats don't have enough votes to stop it. They've said their next option is to start legal challenges.

David Froomkin, Ph.D., with the University of Houston's Law Center, joined Eyewitness News Thursday morning to explain what this means going forward.

"If this plan goes into effect, which I expect it will, the result very clearly will be to substantially reduce the voting power of communities of color across the state of Texas," he said.

Republicans argue that the new map is drawn to give their party a political advantage. That is legal. However, m

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