Following up on this post the Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One has filed this complaint requesting bailout from Voting Rights Act coverage and, if bailout is not available (which it apparently would not be, because only Travis County or the State of Texas could request bailout that would also cover the district), the district wants a declaration that Section 5 is unconstitutional on grounds it exceeds Congressional power and is not “congruent and proportional” to intentional discrimination by the district
So this could end up being the case that tests the issues I have been writing about for the last few years.