Hotline On Call: "Vargas, an expert on Latino demographics and voting trends, will lead NALEO's redistricting efforts this year - which will be extensive. With the rapid Latino population growth, Vargas will work to make sure Latinos are better represented in the next Congress.
And Vargas has plenty of experience. After the 1990 census, Vargas directed MALDEF's redistricting effort that led to a significant uptick in the number of Latinos in the California state legislature.
In our interview, Vargas talks about whether he thinks the Voting Rights Act itself will be challenged in court in the coming year, his meetings with the Obama Justice Department about enforcing that act and specifically about where minority-majority districts may be created."
