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  1. October 01, 2024

    Judge Says Texas Election Law Provision Is Unconstitutional

    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.

  2. December 20, 2023

    Tribes Pressed VRA Cases In 2023, With Many Still Playing Out

    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.

  3. November 30, 2023

    Texas Voter Mail-In Rules Violate Civil Rights Act, Judge Says

    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.

  4. May 18, 2023

    5th Circ. Lets Texas Legislators Shield Voting Law Records

    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.

  5. August 03, 2022

    Texas DA Ordered To Face Voter Discrimination Suits

    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.

  6. May 25, 2022

    Texas Can't Shake US Challenge To New Voting Restrictions

    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.

  7. September 03, 2021

    Civil Rights Groups Sue Texas Over Voting Restrictions Bill

    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.