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An amicus brief submitted by Republican attorneys general from Texas and Mississippi reveals a cynical new scheme to nullify pro-voting decisions in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Yesterday, pro-voting groups asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift the 5th Circuit’s pause of a decision ordering Galveston County, Texas to redraw its commissioners court districts.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals called for the reconsideration of its prior precedent concerning Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, but affirmed that Galveston County, Texas violated Section 2.
Yesterday, in anticipation of Election Day, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its plans to monitor voting activities in four states and address accessibility violations in Texas.
A series of recent audits and investigations across three states have revealed close to a thousand polling places that are non-compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or are otherwise inaccessible to voters with disabilities.
On Friday, Oct. 13, a federal judge struck down the districts for Galveston County, Texas’ commissioners court for diluting Black and Latino voting power in violation of Section 2 of the VRA.
On Monday, Oct. 2, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a petition seeking review of a 5th Circuit decision to dismiss a federal lawsuit — which challenged Texas voter suppression law Senate Bill 1111 — for lack of standing.
On Friday, Sept. 1, a slew of Republican-backed bills attacking the right to vote and hampering election administration in Texas will go into effect.
On Tuesday, Aug. 22, the Texas Supreme Court green-lighted a law that eliminates the appointed election administrator position in Texas counties with a population of 3.5 million or more.
On Thursday, Aug. 17, a federal judge struck down portions of Texas’ 2021 omnibus voter suppression law, Senate Bill 1, for violating the Materiality Provision of the Civil Rights Act.