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 member of the county commission. That is despite 31% of the county being Black ...

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

US Sues Georgia's Houston County, Says It Violates Black Voters ... and the two sides had held discussions. "If we agree with DOJ regarding a possible violation of the Voting Rights Act after ...

The Houston County Board of Commissioners provided the following response to Channel 2 Action News: “The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) notified Houston County on Dec. 19, 2024 in a ...

The lawsuit asked a judge to order Houston County to move to geographic districts rather than county-wide races. That, the DOJ argued, would fix a county commission they argued was ...

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 ...