Judge allows voting rights lawsuit against Galveston County to move forward
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 request to dismiss most of the claims against it.
The redrawn map dismantles the precinct represented by Commissioner Stephen Holmes, the only Democrat and minority member of the court, all but ensuring his defeat in 2024 if the map remains intact. Attorneys for Galveston County in June sought to have the case dismissed, arguing the claims were moot because the court now had two Black commissioners, that the court couldn’t stop the redistricting because it was a partisan gerrymander, that one of the plaintiffs didn’t live in the district in question and that the plaintiffs didn’t show enough evidence the court acted with illicit intent.
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