US Sues Texas Over Allegedly , Violating Voting Rights Act.
US Sues Texas Over Allegedly , Violating Voting Rights Act.
On Dec. 6, the U.S. Justice Department sued Texas, claiming the state intentionally affected the voting power of Black and minority voters via redistricting plans.
The complaint we filed today
alleges that Texas has violated
section two by creating
redistricting plans that deny
or abridge the rights of Latino
and Black voters to vote on
account of their race, color or
membership in a language
minority group, Merrick Garland, U.S. Attorney General,
via news conference.
According to the Justice Department, the 2020 Census pointed out that Latinos are on their way to becoming the largest population group in the state.
Additionally, non-white Latino voters make up less than 40% of Texas' population.
Soon after the release of 2020 Census data, the Texas Legislature enacted redistricting plans for the Texas Congressional delegation and the Texas House through an extraordinarily rapid and opaque legislative process, Complaint, via Reuters.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton took to Twitter to condemn the lawsuit.
The Department of Justice's absurd lawsuit against our state is the Biden Administration's latest ploy to control Texas voters, Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, via Twitter.
This is the second time
the Justice Department
has sued Texas over
voting rights this year.
The other lawsuit was in opposition to a new law geared toward curbing mail-in voting