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Justice Department sues Texas over new voting law, targeting restrictions on mail-in ballots and voter assistance
BY CASSANDRA POLLOCK at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 4, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Disabled, elderly and non-English speaking voters risk disenfranchisement under Texas’ new voting law passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice claims
Texans John Cornyn and Ted Cruz join GOP senators to block voting rights bill that would have protected voters of color
BY BETHANY IRVINE AND ABBY LIVINGSTON at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 3, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas joined GOP senators to block a federal voting rights bill that would have restored
Texas’ new House map challenged in state court, expanding redistricting fight
BY ALEXA URA at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 3, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Opening a second front in widening legal wars over redistricting, a coalition of mostly Hispanic, Democratic members of the Texas House filed suit in state court Wednesday
