Galveston went from having one majority-minority district to having none after commissioners redrew the maps and violated Black and Latino voters’ rights, a federal judge ruled Friday.

The map for Commissioners Court Precinct 3 initially had 61% Black and Latino voters but was reduced to 31% during the 2021 redistricting process. The U.S. Supreme Court will allow Galveston ...

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

In response to the complaint, a federal district judge in October said that map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by undercutting the votes of Black and Latino residents, who together ...