-
Part of the platform from the recent Texas Republican Party convention opposes using race, origin, creed, sexuality, or lifestyle choices to create voting districts. So, the platform urges repealing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Mimi Marziani doubts Congress would do it or that Texans overall would favor such a move. But the president of the Texas Civil Rights Project admits efforts to chip away at the Act have worked.
-
Democrats voted to approve legislation named after the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis. It's aimed at protecting the right to vote, but the bill faces steep Republican opposition in the Senate.
-
With a population greater than that of 26 states, speaking more than 145 languages, Harris County can be a difficult place to make oneself heard. That’s…
-
How A Decade Of Voting Rights Fights Led To Fewer Redistricting Safeguards For Texas Voters Of ColorNavigating the streets to the U.S. Supreme Court on a Sunday morning, veteran civil rights attorney Jose Garza was anxious.It was the spring of 2018, and…
-
In 1918, when she was 25 years old, Christia Adair went door-to-door organizing for women’s right to vote in Texas."This effort was to pass a bill where…
-
Voting groups say a list of locations Texas lawmakers proposed for public hearings ahead of the next round of political redistricting will give smaller...
-
A federal judge in San Antonio will hear arguments Thursday over whether Texas should have to clear its political maps with the federal government in 2021.
-
After flagging tens of thousands of registered voters for citizenship reviews, the Texas secretary of state’s office is now telling counties that some of…
-
The Richardson Independent School District plans to change how school board members are elected.The new electoral system is part of a settlement agreement…
-
Some of Texas’ 36 congressional districts violate either the U.S. Constitution or the federal Voting Rights Act, a panel of federal judges ruled Friday.In…
-
UPDATE: The Grand Prairie school district has released a statement about the settlement. It said that the board "is confident the single-member district…
-
A federal court has determined that the Irving school district denies Hispanic residents an equal opportunity to vote and elect candidates of their…