(WBAP/KLIF) — The Biden Administration has filed a third lawsuit in Texas over voting rights. The latest challenge announced Thursday is over newly drawn county precincts in the tourist hub of Galveston.
The Justice Department claims the changes discriminate against minority voters by eliminating the only precinct where Black and Hispanic residents were in a majority. New maps approved by the county’s governing board last year leaned towards Republican voters.
The department is also suing Texas over new redistricting maps and voting protections reinstated last year by the Republican-controlled legislature.
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