Groups including the League of Women Voters of Texas and Southwest Voter Education Project argue the law makes it harder for people of color to cast ballots.
A federal judge in San Antonio will hear arguments Monday in a consolidated lawsuit seeking to overturn a controversial 2021 law that significantly tightened voting restrictions in Texas.
More than 20 organizations ranging from the League of Women Voters of Texas to the Southwest Voter Education Project, are challenging Senate Bill 1, arguing that the state law intentionally suppresses the votes of people of color, people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups. The suit consolidates five separate legal challenges to the law.
Republicans in the Texas Legislature pushed through SB 1 over the objections of the minority party, who argued that its restrictions on voting by mail, 24-hour voting and ballot drop boxes are attempts to suppress turnout among Democratic-leaning voters. The law also eliminated requirements that businesses let employees take time off to vote, and it expanded the role of partisan poll watchers.
Democrats ground debate on the legislation to a halt by flying to Washington, D.C., and breaking quorum. However, the bill ultimately passed, andWhile GOP lawmakers defended the bill as an effort to increase voting security, critics pointed out that Texas — in addition to having a
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