Texas's GOP-crafted voting bill hit with lawsuit
Source: The Hill
Voting rights advocates on Friday sued to block a restrictive new GOP-crafted Texas voting bill that the challengers say will make it disproportionately harder for people of color to vote.
The 74-page complaint, filed in a San Antonio-based federal court, takes aim at Senate Bill 1 (S.B. 1), a sweeping measure passed this week that would tighten voting procedures and increase the access of partisan poll watchers.
By law, the citizens of Texas all have the same right to vote, regardless of race or disability. But with S.B. 1, the legislature is undermining equal access to the ballot box, said Sean Morales-Doyle of the Brennan Center for Justice, one of the groups behind the lawsuit. The myriad restrictions in their legislation will be felt most by Latino, Black, and Asian American voters, voters with disabilities, and elderly voters.
The Republican-backed election bill passed the legislature Tuesday after months of delay during which state House Democrats fled Texas to stymie GOP lawmakers efforts. and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is soon expected to sign it into law.
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ProudMNDemocrat
(16,482 posts)They have a lot of documentation as to how well the 2020 election went in Texas to compare the restrictive law to.
Lonestarblue
(9,880 posts)Trump was able to appoint several right-wing nuts with few qualifications to that district. Most of the federal district courts are overloaded because it often takes 4-5 years for regular lawsuits to get resolved. The Biden administration should remake the district courts based on population growth and the movement from north to south. Add judges to districts needing them and then appoint several qualified progressive to balance the whackadoos. This needs to happen by 2022. I thought Bidens court commission had 6 months to do their study. Where is it?