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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

GALVESTON, Texas (CN) — A new Galveston County redistricting map that eliminated a sole Black- and Latino-dominant precinct violates the Voting Rights Act and cannot be used in future elections, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas – The United States Supreme Court decided that they will not block a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals that leaves in place a new map for Galveston County.. According ...

A U.S. District Judge ruled Friday that Galveston County violated the federal Voting Rights Act in 2021 when it drew new districts for its commissioners court.