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DOJ Sues Georgia & Tennessee Counties For Diluting Black Voting Power
The Department of Justice has filed lawsuits against a Georgia and Tennessee county alleging that their election processes ...
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Justice Department sues Houston County over allegedly discriminatory voting practices
Since Reconstruction began in 1865, the DOJ's Civil Rights Division says that Houston County has only had one Black member of the county commission. That is despite 31% of the county being Black ...
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DOJ sues Georgia county, alleging violation of Black voters’ rights
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against Houston County, Ga., alleging its process for electing its board of commissioners violates Black voters’ rights. The county uses an at ...
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DOJ sues Georgia's Houston County for allegedly denying Black voters’ rights
ATLANTA — Countywide elections for all five seats on the Houston County Commission block representation for Black voters, resulting in an all-white board, according to lawsuit by the U.S ...