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 ...

Since Reconstruction began in 1865, the DOJ's Civil Rights Division says that Houston County has only had one Black county commissioner. That is despite 31% of the county being Black as of the ...

The U.S. Justice Department sued a Georgia county Thursday, alleging that its method of electing county commissioners discriminates against Black voters. Houston County, home to 163,000 people ...

The DOJ filed the lawsuit against Houston County and its commissioners, Dan Perdue, Shane Gottwals, Gail Robinson, Tal Talton and Mark Byrd on Jan. 16. The two voters were added to the lawsuit ...

DOJ sues Galveston County, alleging redrawn commissioner precincts dilute Black, Hispanic voting strength By Jasper Scherer , Anna Bauman , Staff writers Updated March 24, 2022 8:47 p.m. The ...

Even though Trump’s DOJ pulled out of their lawsuit that alleged Houston County, Georgia violated Black voters’ rights, the case is still active. Trump DOJ drops suit over vote suppression in ...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday filed a lawsuit under the Voting Rights Act against Galveston County, Texas, challenging a redistricting plan that allegedly discriminates against Black and ...

The DOJ notified Houston County on Dec. 19 in a letter that it had conducted a multi-year Voting Rights Act investigation which required a response in less than two weeks, according to a statement ...