The National Redistricting Foundation, an affiliate of the national Democratic anti-gerrymandering organization led by former Attorney General Eric Holder, has filed its second lawsuit in Texas. Filed in a federal court on Monday, the lawsuit aims to challenge four...
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back to archiveTexas voters sue to allow mail-in ballots for those under the age of 65
As Texas Democrats battle in court to allow Texans to vote by mail during the pandemic, another group of voters backed by Democrats has initiated a federal lawsuit of their own to try and do away with age restrictions that only allow those 65 and older to vote by mail...
Texas Democrats launch ‘RegisterTexas.com,’ an online tool to help register voters
Texas Democrats this week launched a new online tool that will make it easier for voters to register. While voters can't literally register online like they can with their drivers license — Texas is one of 11 states that still does not offer online registration — by...
BREAKING: Texans can vote by mail during pandemic, court rules
In a major win for Texas Democrats and civil rights groups, a district court on Wednesday ruled that Texans could be allowed to vote by mail during the COVID-19 pandemic. Traditionally, a voter in Texas must be 65 years or older, be disabled, or be out of the country...
ACLU joins lawsuit to allow Texans to vote by mail during pandemic
The American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights groups announced Thursday that they have filed a motion to join a lawsuit fighting to allow Texans to safely vote by mail during the COVID-19 outbreak. Texas Democrats filed the lawsuit in Travis County...
Texas Democrats call for all mail-in ballots during coronavirus outbreak
Days after Gov. Greg Abbott declared a statewide public health disaster over the coronavirus outbreak, Texas Democrats are calling state leaders to move from in-person voting to all mail-in ballots for the upcoming May runoff elections. “Under the current and...
John Cornyn doesn’t seem to think voter suppression in Texas is real
Less than a week after Super Tuesday, where long wait times were observed in major counties around the state, Sen. John Cornyn says things are fine the way they are. In an interview with reporters, Cornyn said the Voting Rights Advancement Act, a bill passed by House...
In election aftermath, glaring neglect of voting infrastructure led to voter suppression
Texas Civil Rights Project, a nonprofit watchdog that keeps tabs on voter suppression and civil rights issues, did not mince words about the long wait times seen in major counties on Super Tuesday. “We reaped the rotten fruit of willful, selective neglect of...
Texas Democratic Party discusses their voter protection and expansion efforts
On Wednesday, the Texas Signal spoke to the Texas Democratic Party’s Voter Protection Director Rose Clouston and Voter Expansion Director Luke Warford about the party’s massive effort to counter voter suppression in the state. “Texas Republicans have spent the...