“Justice Department Files Voting Rights Lawsuit Against Galveston County, Texas to Challenge County Redistricting Plan”

Complaint is here. Press release here. The Justice Department has initiated a handful of Section 2 challenges this redistricting cycle. It’s worth noting that unlike the Alabama litigation, as Rick P. blogged about here, this does appear to be a case where Section 5 preclearance likely would have caught the map, as the “opportunity” district in the last map disappeared in the present map. Additional coverage in the Houston Chronicle.

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