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The Department of Justice announced Thursday it filed a lawsuit against Texas and its secretary of state over parts of an election reform bill Gov. Greg Abbott signed into state law in September.
The complaint (pdf) alleges that the measure, also referred to as Texas Senate Bill 1, violates Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act by “improperly restricting” assistance to voters with a disability or are unable to read or write in the polling booth, the DOJ announced.
