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Federal lawsuit challenging Texas voting law being heard in U.S. district court

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From Houston Landing:

Ever since Texas Senate Bill 1 was introduced in 2021,…opponents have argued that the bill actually inhibits Texans from voting by adding barriers to the process that disproportionately harm people with disabilities, the elderly and those with limited English language proficiency.

More than 20 civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties UnionDisability Rights Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project, are challenging what they say are “several illegal provisions” of the law in a federal lawsuit being heard in a U.S. district court in San Antonio.

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