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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 to ...

A federal judge struck down a voting map that erased the only majority-minority county in Galveston, Texas, saying officials violated the rights of Black and Latino voters by not giving them an “equal ...

The U.S Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request by plaintiffs in the Galveston County redistricting case for emergency intervention, leaving in place a stay imposed by the U.S. 5 th Circuit Court of ...