Here are some legal updates from today.

• In a win for voters, a Trump-appointed federal judge struck down the commissioner districts of Galveston County, Texas for violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black and Latino voting power. 

  • The judge ordered the commissioners court — the county’s governing body — to submit a new map that contains at least one majority-minority precinct by Oct. 20. If the commissioners do not, a map already reviewed by the federal court will be enacted on Nov. 1.

• A New York court held a hearing in a lawsuit backed by the Republican National Committee and other GOP groups challenging the state’s new mail-in voting law that permits New Yorkers to vote by mail during the early voting period.

• Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) moved to join a lawsuit brought by voters arguing that the state's legislative districts are extreme partisan gerrymanders that unfairly favor Republicans and violate the state constitution.

Here’s what’s coming up on Monday.

• Trial will take place in a federal lawsuit brought by a conservative group challenging New Mexico’s ability to criminally prosecute a right-wing group for violating state statutes that protect voter data.

A new episode of Defending Democracy dropped today! Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward, joined Marc and Paige to discuss how the fight for reproductive rights relates to the fight for democracy. Listen now on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.