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Fort Bend County commissioners voted during a heated meeting Monday to approve a new voting precinct map after months of debate over a rare, mid-decade round of redistricting.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/10/14/533304/fort-bend-county-commissioners-pass-new-voter-map-after-months-of-redistricting-debate/

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Fort Bend County commissioners voted during a heated meeting Monday to approve a new voting precinct map after months of debate over a rare, mid-decade round of redistricting.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/10/14/533304/fort-bend-county-commissioners-pass-new-voter-map-after-months-of-redistricting-debate/

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Fort Bend County Commissioners will choose a new, redistricted voter map on Monday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/10/10/533136/fort-bend-county-commissioners-to-vote-on-redistricted-map-on-monday/

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Fort Bend County Commissioners will choose a new, redistricted voter map on Monday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/10/10/533136/fort-bend-county-commissioners-to-vote-on-redistricted-map-on-monday/

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The Fort Bend County Citizens Redistricting Advisory Committee voted Monday to make its recommendations to the commissioners court, selecting its top five proposed voter maps.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2025/10/01/532313/fort-bend-redistricting-committee-to-recommend-five-voter-maps-to-commissioners/

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The Fort Bend County Citizens Redistricting Advisory Committee voted Monday to make its recommendations to the commissioners court, selecting its top five proposed voter maps.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2025/10/01/532313/fort-bend-redistricting-committee-to-recommend-five-voter-maps-to-commissioners/

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Fort Bend County commissioners on Tuesday passed a resolution affirming that the county’s redistricting committee is exempt from the Texas Open Meetings Act and the Texas Public Information Act.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/09/17/531178/fort-bend-redistricting-committee-not-subject-to-open-meetings-records-laws-commissioners-say/

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Fort Bend County commissioners on Tuesday passed a resolution affirming that the county’s redistricting committee is exempt from the Texas Open Meetings Act and the Texas Public Information Act.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/09/17/531178/fort-bend-redistricting-committee-not-subject-to-open-meetings-records-laws-commissioners-say/

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Fort Bend County will hold public hearing this weekend on five different potential new district maps.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/09/16/531021/fort-bend-redistricting-committee-approves-five-maps-for-public-hearings/

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Fort Bend County will hold public hearing this weekend on five different potential new district maps.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/09/16/531021/fort-bend-redistricting-committee-approves-five-maps-for-public-hearings/

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Fort Bend County commissioners on Tuesday appointed additional people to a redistricting advisory committee and voted to give themselves and other elected officials an annual raise.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/08/27/529593/fort-bend-commissioners-appoint-redistricting-committee-members-approve-raises/

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Fort Bend County commissioners on Tuesday appointed additional people to a redistricting advisory committee and voted to give themselves and other elected officials an annual raise.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/08/27/529593/fort-bend-commissioners-appoint-redistricting-committee-members-approve-raises/

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An attorney who has advised Fort Bend County about redistricting since the 1990s said he would not recommend that the county redraw its voter map in the middle of the decade. It's the latest development in an ongoing partisan battle.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/08/13/528586/attorney-who-advised-fort-bend-during-2021-redistricting-cautions-against-redrawing-voter-map/

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An attorney who has advised Fort Bend County about redistricting since the 1990s said he would not recommend that the county redraw its voter map in the middle of the decade. It's the latest development in an ongoing partisan battle.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/08/13/528586/attorney-who-advised-fort-bend-during-2021-redistricting-cautions-against-redrawing-voter-map/

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A divided Fort Bend County Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to approve several appointees to its redistricting committee and clashed over the role of the county attorney, after Judge KP George proposed that the county hire outside legal counsel.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/07/23/527033/fort-bend-county-commissioners-clash-over-redistricting-role-of-county-attorney/

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A divided Fort Bend County Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to approve several appointees to its redistricting committee and clashed over the role of the county attorney, after Judge KP George proposed that the county hire outside legal counsel.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/07/23/527033/fort-bend-county-commissioners-clash-over-redistricting-role-of-county-attorney/

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A divided Fort Bend County Commissioners Court on Tuesday rejected a voter map put forward by Elections Administrator John Oldham after approving the creation of a committee and agreeing to hire a law firm to assist with redistricting.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/07/09/526047/fort-bend-county-commissioners-court-to-create-redistricting-committee-hire-outside-law-firm/

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A divided Fort Bend County Commissioners Court on Tuesday rejected a voter map put forward by Elections Administrator John Oldham after approving the creation of a committee and agreeing to hire a law firm to assist with redistricting.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/07/09/526047/fort-bend-county-commissioners-court-to-create-redistricting-committee-hire-outside-law-firm/

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After a heated meeting this week that included booing from the crowd and about an hour of public comment, the Fort Bend County Commissioners Court remained in a deadlock over redrawing its voter precincts.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/05/28/522492/fort-bend-county-commissioners-court-again-reaches-deadlock-over-redistricting/

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After a heated meeting this week that included booing from the crowd and about an hour of public comment, the Fort Bend County Commissioners Court remained in a deadlock over redrawing its voter precincts.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/05/28/522492/fort-bend-county-commissioners-court-again-reaches-deadlock-over-redistricting/

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Amidst the competing interests of Democrats and Republicans, Fort Bend County commissioners reached a deadlock over voter precincts after failing to pass two proposals to hire an outside law firm to advise the county on redistricting.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/04/23/519468/fort-bend-leaders-clash-over-legal-counsel-to-review-voter-precincts/

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Amidst the competing interests of Democrats and Republicans, Fort Bend County commissioners reached a deadlock over voter precincts after failing to pass two proposals to hire an outside law firm to advise the county on redistricting.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/fort-bend/2025/04/23/519468/fort-bend-leaders-clash-over-legal-counsel-to-review-voter-precincts/

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The county will conduct its 2024 election using a 2021 redistricting plan that the district court ruled in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2023/12/13/472169/supreme-court-temporarily-upholds-galveston-countys-2021-redistricting-plan/

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The county will conduct its 2024 election using a 2021 redistricting plan that the district court ruled in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2023/12/13/472169/supreme-court-temporarily-upholds-galveston-countys-2021-redistricting-plan/

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The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked a new political map imposed on Galveston County by a lower court from taking effect.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2023/12/08/471895/federal-appeals-court-blocks-new-galveston-county-political-map-while-plaintiffs-seek-supreme-court-intervention/

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The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked a new political map imposed on Galveston County by a lower court from taking effect.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2023/12/08/471895/federal-appeals-court-blocks-new-galveston-county-political-map-while-plaintiffs-seek-supreme-court-intervention/

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A federal appeals court said Galveston County must redraw its political map to comply with the Voting Rights Act.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2023/11/30/471194/u-s-5th-circuit-orders-galveston-county-to-redraw-its-political-map/

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A federal appeals court said Galveston County must redraw its political map to comply with the Voting Rights Act.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2023/11/30/471194/u-s-5th-circuit-orders-galveston-county-to-redraw-its-political-map/

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