VOTING RIGHTS

Justice Department sues Texas over new voting law, targeting restrictions on mail-in ballots and voter assistance

The elderly, voters with disabilities and voters with limited English proficiency risk disenfranchisement under sweeping legislation Texas Republicans pushed through earlier this year, the justice department argues in its legal challenge to Senate Bill 1.

By Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune
Posted 11/4/21

Disabled, elderly and non-English speaking voters risk disenfranchisement under Texas' new voting law passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice claims …

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