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.

Casualties across the entire island totaled between 10 and 12,000; in Galveston proper, 6,000 to 8,000 people lost their lives, making the storm the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history to ...

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 ...

A judge ruled on Friday that Galveston County must redraw its 2021 redistricting map because it violates the Voting Rights Act and United States Constitution, according to a news release from the ...

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 ...