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September 13, 2018
Latinos Can't Force Change To Texas High Court Elections
A Texas federal judge said Wednesday that Latino candidates' lack of success in at-large elections to the state's two highest courts was due more to partisanship than to race, rejecting a challenge by an advocacy group and several Hispanic individuals.
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April 04, 2017
Texas Must Face Latinos' High Court Election Process Suit
A Texas federal judge on Monday said the state's governor and secretary of state cannot escape a lawsuit by Latino voters over the allegedly discriminatory process for electing judicial officials at the state's two top appeals courts, finding their federal voting rights law allegations to be plausible.
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July 21, 2016
Latinos Sue Texas Gov. Over High Courts' Election Process
A group of Latino Texans sued the governor and secretary of state Wednesday in federal court, contending that an at-large method of elections for the state's two top appeals courts is unfair to Latino voters and results in a denial of their full participation in the voting process.