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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A lawsuit accusing Galveston County elected officials of violating the Voting Rights Act when establishing a redistricting map can move to trial, after a federal judge recently denied the county’s ...

Sam Collins III, left, and others celebrate at the Juneteenth historical marker in Galveston, Texas, June 17, 2021, after President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into ...