GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas — A federal judge has ordered Galveston County to redraw its precinct maps, saying it denies Blacks and Latinos equal voting rights, therefore violating the Voting Rights Act.

GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The trial began Monday in a lawsuit against Galveston County, accusing Republican commissioners of gerrymandering the county's precinct map to dilute the votes of ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has approved voting maps in Galveston County despite other courts deeming it a violation of voting rights. On Tuesday, Dec. 12, the high court voted 6 ...

A federal judge has ruled that Galveston County’s commissioner precinct map, which was passed in 2021, violates the U.S. Voting Rights Act and that county leaders must redo the map. Judge Jeffrey ...

Stephen Holmes is the sole Democrat on the Galveston County Commissioners Court. A federal judge found Friday that the county violated the Voting Rights Act by breaking up communities of color when ...

GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas — The U.S. Supreme Court will allow Galveston County to use a redrawn districting map that a federal judge previously said denied Blacks and Latinos equal voting rights, ...

GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas – A judge ruled on Friday that Galveston County must redraw its 2021 redistricting map because it violates the Voting Rights Act, according to a news release from the Texas ...

Federal Judge Jeffrey V. Brown ruled that Galveston County’s commissioner courts maps violated the federal Voting Rights Act when they were drawn in 2021, and ordered the county to draw new maps by ...

The U.S. 5 th Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked a new political map imposed on Galveston County by a lower court from taking effect. Plaintiffs are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene ...

Galveston County leaders are preparing to adopt new precinct maps that would either eliminate or dilute the county’s only precinct designed to represent communities of color — and there's little ...

(CN) — An en banc Fifth Circuit examined Galveston County's redistricting maps Tuesday, in a case where Black and Latino voters claim the maps are racially gerrymandered. The full bench of the New ...