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Texas Republicans Shatter 30 Years of Progress for Black Voters in Galveston

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We just saw Black voting precincts get obliterated in Florida (click here if you missed it:
While Democrats Waste Time With A Symbolic Sit-In, Republicans Kill Black Voting District) and now Texas Republicans have also destroyed a Black voting district in Galveston.

"The area stood as an exemplar of Black political power and progress. For 30 years, Black voters had amassed enough political clout to decide the county commissioner for Precinct 3, propelling Black leaders onto a majority white county commissioners court. They worked to gain stronger footholds in local governments, elevating Black people into city halls across the precinct. Two years ago, they reached a milestone, electing Texas City’s first Black mayor and a city commission on which people of color are the majority.

But the white Republican majority on the Galveston County’s commissioners court decided last November to dismantle Precinct 3. Capitalizing on its first opportunity to redraw commissioner precincts without federal oversight, the court splintered Black and Hispanic communities into majority-white districts."

 

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    We just saw Black voting precincts get obliterated in Florida (click here if you missed it:
    While Democrats Waste Time With A Symbolic Sit-In, Republicans Kill Black Voting District) and now Texas Republicans have also destroyed a Black voting district in Galveston.

    "The area stood as an exemplar of Black political power and progress. For 30 years, Black voters had amassed enough political clout to decide the county commissioner for Precinct 3, propelling Black leaders onto a majority white county commissioners court. They worked to gain stronger footholds in local governments, elevating Black people into city halls across the precinct. Two years ago, they reached a milestone, electing Texas City’s first Black mayor and a city commission on which people of color are the majority.

    But the white Republican majority on the Galveston County’s commissioners court decided last November to dismantle Precinct 3. Capitalizing on its first opportunity to redraw commissioner precincts without federal oversight, the court splintered Black and Hispanic communities into majority-white districts."

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    We just saw Black voting precincts get obliterated in Florida (click here if you missed it:
    While Democrats Waste Time With A Symbolic Sit-In, Republicans Kill Black Voting District) and now Texas Republicans have also destroyed a Black voting district in Galveston.

    "The area stood as an exemplar of Black political power and progress. For 30 years, Black voters had amassed enough political clout to decide the county commissioner for Precinct 3, propelling Black leaders onto a majority white county commissioners court. They worked to gain stronger footholds in local governments, elevating Black people into city halls across the precinct. Two years ago, they reached a milestone, electing Texas City’s first Black mayor and a city commission on which people of color are the majority.

    But the white Republican majority on the Galveston County’s commissioners court decided last November to dismantle Precinct 3. Capitalizing on its first opportunity to redraw commissioner precincts without federal oversight, the court splintered Black and Hispanic communities into majority-white districts."

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