October 01, 2024
A Texas federal judge has struck down part of a controversial Texas election law after a six-week bench trial in a decision that Attorney General Ken Paxton vowed to immediately try to block.
December 20, 2023
At least 100 civil rights groups, minority coalitions and Native American tribes in 2023 continued their challenges to voter redistricting efforts in at least half a dozen states, with more set to play out into the new year in the appellate courts.
November 30, 2023
A Texas voting law that created new requirements for its residents to qualify to cast their ballots by mail violates the Civil Rights Act, a federal judge determined while permanently barring officials in the Lone Star State from enforcing its provisions.
May 18, 2023
Republican lawmakers in Texas need not disclose more than 200 documents relating to revisions they made to the Lone Star State's elections laws in 2021, the Fifth Circuit said Wednesday, finding that the records, which include handwritten notes, are subject to legislative privilege.
August 03, 2022
Groups advocating for minorities and voting rights may proceed with their bid to block the Harris County, Texas, district attorney from enforcing new election laws they call discriminatory, a federal judge held Tuesday, saying the groups' claims implicate the prosecutor's role in enforcing violations of those rules.
May 25, 2022
Texas must face a lawsuit in which the Biden administration says an election law the state enacted last year will disenfranchise voters who don't speak English, are older or disabled, or live abroad, a federal judge ruled Tuesday in rejecting Texas officials' bid to toss the case.
September 03, 2021
In a pair of Texas federal lawsuits filed Friday, more than 10 civil rights groups challenged the Lone Star State's new voting restrictions bill, considered one of the strictest in the country, claiming it discriminates against minority voters and voters with disabilities in violation of multiple federal laws.