A newly filed lawsuit by the Department of Justice argues the way Houston County elects its county commission violates the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965, hurting Black voters' ability to elect ...

Grant Blankenship GPB News Two Black voters have joined the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Houston County’s elections chair, which seeks to change the county’s method for elections.

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 ...

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — The U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump has dropped its lawsuit against Houston County, which argued the county's at-large commission races violated ...

HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — The U.S. Department of Justice announced it was suing a central Georgia county over how it elects at-large members of its county commission. Houston County is now facing a ...

President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has pulled out of a lawsuit that accused Houston County of violating its Black residents’ civil rights through its election system, court records ...

US Sues Georgia's Houston County, Says It Violates Black Voters' Rights By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it has filed a lawsuit against Houston ...

HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — Thursday, the U.S Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Houston County. Federal prosecutors with the agency allege the county's countywide - or "at large ...

A newly filed lawsuit by the Department of Justice argues the way Houston County elects its county commission violates the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965, hurting Black voters' ability to elect ...