<p>(Reuters) -Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Friday signed into law a bill to redraw the state&#8217;s congressional maps at the behest of President Donald Trump in an effort to flip five U.S. House seats held by Democrats to Republicans.</p>
<p>The ratification came after the state&#8217;s legislature passed the measure last week amid a nationwide redistricting battle.</p>
<p>&#8220;Texas is now more red in the United States Congress,&#8221; Abbott said in a video post on social media, after signing the bill with a marker.</p>
<p>Republicans have acknowledged they believe winning more congressional seats in Texas will help the party maintain its slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in next year&#8217;s midterm elections. More states controlled by Republicans are considering similar action.</p>
<p>California and other states where Democrats hold power vow to counter such moves. The California legislature approved a redistricting plan last week aimed at giving Democrats five more congressional seats.</p>
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<p>The California plan must be approved by voters in November. The Texas plan does not need voter approval, but it has been challenged in court.</p>
<p>The Texas bill was delayed for two weeks after more than 50 Democratic state House members staged a walkout that denied Republicans the legislative quorum needed.</p>
<p>Democrats argued that the new Texas map violates federal law by diluting Hispanic and Black voting power and discriminating on the basis of race.</p>
<p>Texas Republicans who sponsored the bill said they redrew maps based on voting history, not race.</p>
<p>Most Americans believe redrawing congressional lines for the sake of maximizing political gain, known as gerrymandering, is bad for democracy, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found this week.</p>
<p>(Reporting By Andrew Hay; editing by Diane Craft)</p>

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