Stop Galveston County's Mid-Election Map Swap Before It Spreads Nationwide

Do everything in your power to stop Galveston County from swapping voting maps between the March primary and November general election. Campaign Legal Center and the UCLA Voting Rights Project have filed an emergency petition with the Texas Supreme Court to block this scheme, and they're right to do it. Voters cast ballots under 2013 and 2021 precinct maps in March — now county officials want to use brand-new 2026 maps in November, approved at a June 28 commissioners court meeting after the primary was already done. This isn't a clerical error. It's a mechanism for elected officials to redraw their own districts after seeing how the primary went. As the petition puts it, if an incumbent is polling badly, they can just change the map "up to the very eve of the election." Some voters will be moved into precincts with different candidates. Others will lose their election entirely, facing a six-year gap between votes. That's a direct violation of the Equal Protection Clause and the Texas Election Code. If this stands, it will be repeated — in Texas, and in states across the country. Every jurisdiction watching this outcome will know that mid-election map swaps are on the table. Free and fair elections depend on rules that don't change after ballots are cast. Support the court petition, speak out publicly against this tactic, and use every tool available to ensure Galveston County cannot implement these maps in November.