/tags/voting-rights-act Voting Rights Act en-US Copyright Fri, 30 May 2025 18:22:10 GMT /news/2025-05-30/several-tarrant-county-mayors-share-support-for-redistricting-including-2-previously-opposed Two mayors who signed a letter opposed to redistricting asked to have their signatures removed while four others wrote a new letter showing support. Fri, 30 May 2025 18:22:10 GMT /news/2025-05-30/several-tarrant-county-mayors-share-support-for-redistricting-including-2-previously-opposed James Hartley /politics/2022-07-19/state-gop-urges-repealing-voting-rights-act-but-texas-civil-rights-project-says-its-still-needed Part of the platform from the recent Texas Republican Party convention opposes using race, origin, creed, sexuality, or lifestyle choices to create voting districts. So, the platform urges repealing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Mimi Marziani doubts Congress would do it or that Texans overall would favor such a move. But the president of the Texas Civil Rights Project admits efforts to chip away at the Act have worked. Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:00:00 GMT /politics/2022-07-19/state-gop-urges-repealing-voting-rights-act-but-texas-civil-rights-project-says-its-still-needed Sam Baker /news/2021-08-25/the-house-has-passed-a-bill-to-restore-the-voting-rights-act Democrats voted to approve legislation named after the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis. It's aimed at protecting the right to vote, but the bill faces steep Republican opposition in the Senate. Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:00:00 GMT /news/2021-08-25/the-house-has-passed-a-bill-to-restore-the-voting-rights-act Juana Summers /news/2019-11-26/translators-help-korean-american-voters-in-harris-county-find-their-electoral-voice With a population greater than that of 26 states, speaking more than 145 languages, Harris County can be a difficult place to make oneself heard. That’s… Tue, 26 Nov 2019 13:59:35 GMT /news/2019-11-26/translators-help-korean-american-voters-in-harris-county-find-their-electoral-voice /news/2019-09-10/how-a-decade-of-voting-rights-fights-led-to-fewer-redistricting-safeguards-for-texas-voters-of-color Navigating the streets to the U.S. Supreme Court on a Sunday morning, veteran civil rights attorney Jose Garza was anxious.It was the spring of 2018, and… Tue, 10 Sep 2019 18:08:42 GMT /news/2019-09-10/how-a-decade-of-voting-rights-fights-led-to-fewer-redistricting-safeguards-for-texas-voters-of-color /news/2019-06-28/how-texas-prevented-black-women-from-voting-decades-after-the-19th-amendment In 1918, when she was 25 years old, Christia Adair went door-to-door organizing for women’s right to vote in Texas."This effort was to pass a bill where… Fri, 28 Jun 2019 19:26:51 GMT /news/2019-06-28/how-texas-prevented-black-women-from-voting-decades-after-the-19th-amendment Jen Rice / Houston Public Media /2019-06-18/voting-groups-worry-smaller-texas-cities-will-get-outsized-say-in-2021-redistricting Voting groups say a list of locations Texas lawmakers proposed for public hearings ahead of the next round of political redistricting will give smaller... Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:31:43 GMT /2019-06-18/voting-groups-worry-smaller-texas-cities-will-get-outsized-say-in-2021-redistricting Ashley Lopez /2019-05-02/texas-is-playing-a-major-role-in-another-important-test-of-the-voting-rights-act A federal judge in San Antonio will hear arguments Thursday over whether Texas should have to clear its political maps with the federal government in 2021. Thu, 02 May 2019 11:01:00 GMT /2019-05-02/texas-is-playing-a-major-role-in-another-important-test-of-the-voting-rights-act Ashley Lopez /texas-news/2019-01-29/texas-quietly-tells-counties-that-some-of-the-voters-flagged-for-review-dont-belong After flagging tens of thousands of registered voters for citizenship reviews, the Texas secretary of state’s office is now telling counties that some of… Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:44:29 GMT /texas-news/2019-01-29/texas-quietly-tells-counties-that-some-of-the-voters-flagged-for-review-dont-belong /education/2019-01-17/richardson-isd-agrees-to-change-how-trustees-are-elected The Richardson Independent School District plans to change how school board members are elected.The new electoral system is part of a settlement agreement… Thu, 17 Jan 2019 19:42:38 GMT /education/2019-01-17/richardson-isd-agrees-to-change-how-trustees-are-elected Stella M. Chávez | The Texas Newsroom