A newly filed lawsuit by the Department of Justice argues the way Houston County elects its county commission violates the U.S. Voting Rights ... we did not feel it would be prudent to respond ...

signaled during an interview that he could be open to voting ... is “whether or not she would be independent, whether or not she would protect the Department of Justice from direct interference ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ ... cite Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans restricting voting based on race. The county’s 2021 electoral maps did not include any “majority Black ...

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The Department of Justice 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-large ...

signaled during an interview that he could be open to voting ... (DOJ). Coons said during his Thursday appearance on CNN that the most important thing he was looking to hear from Bondi during the ...

The county uses an at-large voting method, which usually means candidates are elected by a plurality of all voters in the jurisdiction. But according to DOJ, the method means Black voters have ...

“The right to vote is sacred and is the foundation ... but the redistricting map adopted by Fayette County did not provide that opportunity.” The DOJ accused the board of disregarding the ...