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On Friday, a Trump-appointed federal judge struck down an electoral map in Galveston, Texas, saying it violates the Voting Rights Act and amounts to “egregious” discrimination against Black and Latino voters.
Their map would have effectively erased representation of people of color at the highest levels of local government in a county that is 45 percent non-white.
If the new Galveston voting map had been upheld, the county would likely have lost its sole Black commissioner, Stephen Holmes.
Judge Brown ordered the county to redraw the map by October 20. Galveston County Judge Mark Henry, the county’s chief officer, says the county plans to appeal.
In a functioning anything, any judge, lawyer, clerk, whatever shouldn’t have any political affiliation and their religious beliefs wouldn’t influence their law decisions.