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Elaine Wiant

President, League of Women Voters of Texas

Elaine Wiant is the President of the League of Women Voters of Texas and Chair of the League of Women Voters of Texas Education Fund. She is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Certified Fraud Examiner and a licensed private investigator, providing financial investigation in complex litigation cases after allegations of fraud and mismanagement.

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Politics

Redistricting reform legislation merits at least a fair hearing

By Elaine Wiant and David Jones, May 1, 2017

When it comes to redistricting — the redrawing of representative districts after each ten-year census — the Texas Legislature has gotten it wrong over and over again. The districts end up looking vaguely reptilian, squiggling across the map of Texas, with lines drawn in any way mathematically possible to obtain political advantage.