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COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 22: Voters look over their ballots at a polling location during early voting on February 22, 2024 in Columbia, South Carolina."Group of Texas Democrats asks DOJ to investigate Texas over possible voter rights violations"
The request for federal authorities to intervene is the latest escalation in response to what Texas leaders have often described as efforts to secure elections. “These actions echo a troubling history of voter suppression and intimidation that has long targeted both Black and Latino communities, particularly in states like Texas, where demographic changes have increasingly shifted the political landscape,” the letter states. “The right to vote is fundamental to our democracy, and LULAC stands firm in its commitment to defending that right for all Americans, regardless of race or ethnicity.
The claim was disputed by the Department of Public Safety, a local Republican county chair and the local elections administrator — all who said no evidence supported it — but Paxton opened an investigation anyway, the lawmakers wrote. The Senators lastly pointed to ongoing state efforts targeting nonprofits and nongovernmental entities that work with migrants and immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico border and beyond.
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