The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday that it has filed a lawsuit under the Voting Rights Act against Galveston County in efforts to challenge the county’s redistricting plan.
According to a release, the plan was adopted by the county on Nov. 12 after data from the 2020 Census was released.
The lawsuit claims that the redistricting plan violated the Voting Rights Act because it discriminates against minority citizens, such as Black and Hispanic residents, by denying them an equal opportunity to participate in the political process and because the new map was adopted, in part with a discriminatory purpose.
“The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas is committed to protecting the voting rights of all of our citizens,” said U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery for the Southern District of Texas. “We are pleased to join the Civil Rights Division in bringing this important lawsuit under the Voting Rights Act.
The United States’ complaint asks the court to prohibit Galveston County from conducting elections under the challenged plan and to order Galveston County to devise and implement a new redistricting plan that complies with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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