One of the more unusual statewide ballot measures is Prop. 12, which asks all Texas voters whether they support an amendment to the state Constitution to abolish the position of Galveston County treasurer. In fact, it's the Galveston County treasurer himself, Hank Dugie, who is pushing the me...
In Austin and Galveston, African American women held meetings in connection with voter education and mobilization. In Austin and Waxahachie, African American women were also successful in registering, but in Austin, women were denied the vote in the primary." --Brannon-Wranosky, Jessica S. "S...
The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals narrowed the scope of theVoting Rights Actfor redistricting cases in a large swath of the South, ruling against the Justice Department and voters of color who had challengedGalveston, Texas’s county commission mapfor how it ...