Texas voting map discriminates against Black and Latino residents, judge rules | Texas
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 13, 2023
A federal judge has struck down a new electoral map in Galveston county, Texas, in an excoriating ruling that berates the Republican commissioners for committing a “stark and jarring” violation of the Voting Rights Act.
Judge Jeffrey Brown of the southern district of Texas found that the redistricting map adopted by