The US Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the state of Texas over a recently passed law the federal government says will unfairly restrict voting.
The suit filed in federal court in San Antonio challenges the law known as SB1, which was passed in September to revamp voting and elections in the southwestern state.
Supporters say the law makes elections safer by protecting against fraud, but critics have said it disproportionately affects minorities' ability to vote, especially Black Americans, who tend to back Democrats. The Texas law was part of a push by some 19 states that have signed off on 33 laws this year which restrict voting, according to the liberal-leaning Brennon Center for Justice.
Around 50 Democratic Texas state lawmakers fled the state in mid-July in an effort to block the law by depriving the House of Representatives of the minimum number of lawmakers necessary to vote on legislation.
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