Campaign Legal Center: U.S. Fifth Circuit of Appeals Hears Galveston, TX Redistricting Case With Implications for Fair Representation and the Voting Rights Act
May 15, 2024
May 15, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Campaign Legal Center issued the following news release on May 14, 2024:
Today, the entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument in Petteway v. Galveston County, TX -- a case challenging discriminatory, "mean-spirited" and "egregious" voting districts passed in Galveston that silence Black and Latino voters and threaten to undermine a component of the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA).
In 2021, Campai . . .
Today, the entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument in Petteway v. Galveston County, TX -- a case challenging discriminatory, "mean-spirited" and "egregious" voting districts passed in Galveston that silence Black and Latino voters and threaten to undermine a component of the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA).
In 2021, Campai . . .