Texas Republicans Win Big With Election Map After New Supreme Court Ruling

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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated December 15, 2023

With a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Galveston County in Texas can use a map in the 2024 election that lower courts said was in violation of the Voting Rights Act.

The crux of this case is with the Galveston County Commissioners Court, which is composed “of four county commissioners elected from single-member precincts and one county executive, called a

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