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 ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon declined to block a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that leaves in place a new map for Galveston County, Tex. A federal district judge ...

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown ruled Republican county commissioners who adopted the map committed a “stark and jarring” violation of the Voting Rights Act when they drew the Galveston ...

Galveston County is moving forward with its 2024 election using district maps that multiple courts have ruled violate the Voting Rights Act by denying Black and Latino voters an equal opportunity ...

The decision by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, ... The U.S. Justice Department also joined in the lawsuit, underscoring the opposition to the maps Galveston County redrew in 2021.

Galveston County’s commissioner precinct map, which was passed in 2021, violates the U.S. Voting Rights Act, according to a new ruling.

Late Thursday, 5 th Circuit issued a stay on the new map until May, when it plans to rehear the lawsuit challenging Galveston County's 2021 redistricting plan. A district court recently imposed ...

Voting U.S. 5th Circuit orders Galveston County to redraw its political map. The clarification from Chief Circuit Judge Priscilla Richman comes two days after the appeals court agreed to rehear ...

A judge ruled on Friday that Galveston County must redraw its 2021 redistricting map because it violates the Voting Rights Act and United States Constitution, according to a news release from the ...

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 ...

A judge ruled on Friday that Galveston County must redraw its 2021 redistricting map because it violates the Voting Rights Act and it denies Black and Latino voters an equal opportunity in the ...

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown did not mince words in his Oct. 13 order finding the Republicans who comprise a majority of Galveston County’s Commissioners Court, the county’s elected governing ...