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U.S. 5th Circuit rules for Galveston County in voting rights case, striking down decades of precedent | Houston Public Media

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The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a decades-old precedent that allows different racial and ethnic groups to form coalitions to seek legal remedies under the Voting Rights Act .

The ruling will likely be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court .

Galveston County redrew its political boundaries to eliminate the one district in which non-white voters represented a majority.

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English

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