Sentence examples for interim map from inspiring English sources

So, the state had asked a federal court in Washington to approve the Legislature-drawn maps, but the court refused, prompting the San Antonio judicial panel to create an interim map so that the elections could proceed.

But after a federal court rejected the state's map last month, on the grounds that it failed to properly gauge its impact on members of minority groups, another court was given the power to draw up an interim map.

The State of Texas is pointing out that the current map being used in elections is not the one that the panel of judges ruled was discriminatory, but a second one, drawn by the courts the "interim" map.

The interim maps were not at issue before the judges in Washington.

The judges released new interim maps for Congressional and State House districts.

One bright spot is that everyone involved told the court that the State Senate lines in the interim maps are fine.

In previous rounds of redistricting, legislators have been elected from interim maps that changed after the first elections.

One plaintiff — the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund — has said the interim maps would satisfy its legal claims.

In the case of redistricting, the state's maps were replaced this year with interim maps prepared by another set of federal judges.

When that court stalled, and the San Antonio court drew interim maps in the face of election deadlines, Mr. Abbott asked the United States Supreme Court to intervene, which it did.

But the federal court in Washington refused to grant preclearance, prompting the San Antonio judicial panel to create the interim maps to allow this year's elections to proceed.